automake19: texinfo error during build

[Doug Harris]

I'm new to the list, but I'm having the same problem as somebody else
reported earlier this month. I'm trying to install subversion (by
doing "cd /usr/ports/devel/subversion/ && make install clean") and I'm
getting stuck on the build of automake19 with the same error as
reported earlier:

===>  Building for automake-1.9.6
Making all in .
Making all in doc
restore=: && backupdir=".am$$" &&  am__cwd=`pwd` && cd . &&  rm -rf
$backupdir && mkdir $backupdir &&  if (makeinfo --no-split --version)
>/dev/null 2>&1; then  for f in ./automake19.info
./automake19.info-[0-9] ./automake19.info-[0-9][0-9]
./automake19.i[0-9] ./automake19.i[0-9][0-9]; do  if test -f $f; then
mv $f $backupdir; restore=mv; else :; fi;  done;  else :; fi &&  cd
"$am__cwd";  if makeinfo --no-split   -I .  -o ./automake19.info
./automake19.texi;  then  rc=0;  cd .;  else  rc=$?;  cd . &&
$restore $backupdir/* `echo "././automake19.info" | sed 's|[^/]*$||'`;
 fi;  rm -rf $backupdir; exit $rc
./automake19.texi:8788: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:8788: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:8788: Misplaced }.
./automake19.texi:9090: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:9090: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:9090: Misplaced }.
./automake19.texi:9310: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:9310: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:9310: Misplaced }.
./automake19.texi:9318: Unknown command `tie'.
./automake19.texi:9318: Misplaced {.
./automake19.texi:9318: Misplaced }.
makeinfo: Removing output file `./automake19.info' due to errors; use
--force to preserve.


Per requests from earlier responses, here's my env (with some
hostnames and IPs changed):

BLOCKSIZE=K
EDITOR=vi
FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES
GROUP=wheel
HOME=/root
HOST=FOO.BAR.net
HOSTTYPE=FreeBSD
LOGNAME=root
MACHTYPE=i386
MAIL=/var/mail/root
OLDPWD=/usr/ports/devel/automake19
OSTYPE=FreeBSD
PAGER=more
PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/www/bin:/root/bin
PWD=/usr/ports/devel/subversion
REMOTEHOST=999.999.999.999
SHELL=/bin/csh
SHLVL=2
TERM=xterm
USER=root
VENDOR=intel
_=/usr/bin/env