automake117x: init 1.17

Switch to it by default will happen separately.

Changes: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2024-07/msg00006.html

pkgs/development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.17.x.nix

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{ lib, stdenv, fetchurl, perl, autoconf, updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  pname = "automake";
+  version = "1.17";
+
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "mirror://gnu/automake/automake-${version}.tar.xz";
+    hash = "sha256-iSDB/EEeE7kL9wTvnbbynVQOdtIyyzssn03EzFmb2ZA=";
+  };
+
+  strictDeps = true;
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ updateAutotoolsGnuConfigScriptsHook autoconf perl ];
+  buildInputs = [ autoconf ];
+
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
+  doCheck = false; # takes _a lot_ of time, fails 3 out of 2698 tests, all seem to be related to paths
+  doInstallCheck = false; # runs the same thing, fails the same tests
+
+  # The test suite can run in parallel.
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
+  # Don't fixup "#! /bin/sh" in Libtool, otherwise it will use the
+  # "fixed" path in generated files!
+  dontPatchShebangs = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    branch = "1.17";
+    homepage = "https://www.gnu.org/software/automake/";
+    description = "GNU standard-compliant makefile generator";
+    license = licenses.gpl2Plus;
+    longDescription = ''
+      GNU Automake is a tool for automatically generating
+      `Makefile.in' files compliant with the GNU Coding
+      Standards.  Automake requires the use of Autoconf.
+    '';
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+  };
+}

pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

@@ -17794,6 +17794,8 @@ with pkgs;
 
   automake116x = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.16.x.nix { };
 
+  automake117x = callPackage ../development/tools/misc/automake/automake-1.17.x.nix { };
+
   avrdude = callPackage ../development/embedded/avrdude { };
 
   b4 = callPackage ../development/tools/b4 { };