diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index f47a1d980..c34847ba0 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DIE=0
 (automake --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
   echo
   echo "**Error**: You must have \`automake' installed to compile $PKG_NAME."
-  echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake-1.3.tar.gz"
+  echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-1.6.tar.gz"
   echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
   DIE=1
   NO_AUTOMAKE=yes
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ test -n "$NO_AUTOMAKE" || (aclocal --version) < /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1 || {
   echo
   echo "**Error**: Missing \`aclocal'.  The version of \`automake'"
   echo "installed doesn't appear recent enough."
-  echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake-1.3.tar.gz"
+  echo "Get ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/automake/automake-1.6.tar.gz"
   echo "(or a newer version if it is available)"
   DIE=1
 }
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ echo processing $dr
       autoconf || { echo "**Error**: autoconf failed."; exit 1; }
 ) || exit 1
 
+  echo "Setting py-compile script executable ..."
+  chmod 755 py-compile
+  
 if test x$NOCONFIGURE = x; then
   echo Running $srcdir/configure $conf_flags "$@" ...
   $srcdir/configure $conf_flags "$@" \