ffmpeg 0.4.9-pre1 dependent on an old autoconf

[Sameer R. Manek]

Today when I attempted to install ffmpeg 0.4.9-pre1

I saw this in the make process
===>   automake-1.5_2,1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/perl5.8.5 - found
===>   automake-1.5_2,1 depends on file: /usr/local/bin/autoconf253 - not
found
===>    Verifying install for /usr/local/bin/autoconf253 in
/usr/ports/devel/aut
oconf253
===>   NOTICE:

This port is deprecated; you may wish to reconsider installing it:

Please use devel/autoconf259 instead.

===>  Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
=> autoconf-2.53.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/.
=> Attempting to fetch from http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/.
autoconf-2.53.tar.bz2                         100% of  738 kB  107 kBps