linux automake hangs heartbeat

Hi All,
I am issuing the following command on my linux box :
/bin/sh /vobs/DTGngLinux/heartbeat-2.1.3/missing --run automake-1.7 --v --gnu  tools/Makefile

and this hangs on one system and works on the other.

The strace output on the system on which it hangs is  :

execve("/bin/sh", ["/bin/sh", "/vobs/DTGngLinux/heartbeat-2.1.3/missing", "--run", "automake-1.7", "-v", "--gnu", "tools/Makefile"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="build-i9.dilith.net", ...}) = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x8734000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY)      = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=88859, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 88859, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7fea000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libtermcap.so.2", O_RDONLY)  = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320{\325"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=12592, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(0xd57000, 14280, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xd57000
old_mmap(0xd5a000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x2000) = 0xd5a000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/libdl.so.2", O_RDONLY)       = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\260+\246"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=15384, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fe9000
old_mmap(0xa62000, 12388, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xa62000
old_mmap(0xa64000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x1000) = 0xa64000
close(3)                                = 0
open("/lib/tls/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY)    = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0 \277\224"..., 512) = 512
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1454835, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(0x937000, 1215644, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0x937000
old_mmap(0xa5a000, 16384, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x123000) = 0xa5a000
old_mmap(0xa5e000, 7324, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xa5e000
close(3)                                = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7fe8000
mprotect(0xa5a000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
mprotect(0x933000, 4096, PROT_READ)     = 0
set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7fe86c0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0
munmap(0xb7fea000, 88859)               = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
open("/dev/tty", O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
close(3)                                = 0
brk(0)                                  = 0x8734000
brk(0x8755000)                          = 0x8755000
open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=39558864, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7de8000
close(3)                                = 0
getuid32()                              = 605
getgid32()                              = 545
geteuid32()                             = 605
getegid32()                             = 545
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
time(NULL)                              = 1266815736
open("/etc/mtab", O_RDONLY)             = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=3390, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7de7000
read(3, "/dev/mapper/VolGroup_ID_2873-Log"..., 4096) = 3390
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7de7000, 4096)                = 0
open("/proc/meminfo", O_RDONLY)         = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7de7000
read(3, "MemTotal:      4144768 kB\nMemFre"..., 1024) = 644
close(3)                                = 0
munmap(0xb7de7000, 4096)                = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_DFL}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGQUIT, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="build-i9.dilith.net", ...}) = 0
stat64("/vobs/DTGngLinux/heartbeat-2.1.3", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0775, st_size=3052, ...}) = 0
stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0775, st_size=3052, ...}) = 0
getpid()                                = 31703
open("/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=21544, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 21544, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0xb7de2000
close(3)                                = 0
getppid()                               = 31702
getpgrp()                               = 31702
rt_sigaction(SIGCHLD, {0x8077263, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x95ea48}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
open("/vobs/DTGngLinux/heartbeat-2.1.3/missing", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
ioctl(3, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE or TCGETS, 0xbffd95d8) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
_llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)            = 0
read(3, "#! /bin/sh\n# Common stub for a f"..., 80) = 80
_llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_SET)            = 0
getrlimit(RLIMIT_NOFILE, {rlim_cur=1024, rlim_max=1024}) = 0
dup2(3, 255)                            = 255
close(3)                                = 0
fcntl64(255, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC)       = 0
fcntl64(255, F_GETFL)                   = 0x8000 (flags O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE)
fstat64(255, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=10266, ...}) = 0
_llseek(255, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR)          = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
read(255, "#! /bin/sh\n# Common stub for a f"..., 8192) = 8192
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
stat64("configure.ac", 0xbffd9340)      = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, NULL, [], 8)  = 0
stat64(".", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0775, st_size=3052, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/kerberos/bin/automake-1.7", 0xbffd8e60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/usr/local/bin/automake-1.7", 0xbffd8e60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/bin/automake-1.7", 0xbffd8e60) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/usr/bin/automake-1.7", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=270957, ...}) = 0
access("/usr/bin/automake-1.7", X_OK)   = 0
stat64("/usr/bin/automake-1.7", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=270957, ...}) = 0
access("/usr/bin/automake-1.7", X_OK)   = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [INT CHLD], [], 8) = 0
_llseek(255, -6611, [1581], SEEK_CUR)   = 0
clone(child_stack=0, flags=CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID|CLONE_CHILD_SETTID|SIGCHLD, child_tidptr=0xb7fe8708) = 31704
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, [], NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, [CHLD], [], 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGINT, {0x807603b, [], SA_RESTORER, 0x95ea48}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
waitpid(-1, automake-1.7: reading autoconf --trace=AM_ENABLE_MULTILIB:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_PROG_CC_C_O:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_INIT:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_CONDITIONAL:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CONFIG_FILES:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_SUBST:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CONFIG_HEADERS:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_MAINTAINER_MODE:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_CANONICAL_HOST:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_GNU_GETTEXT:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AC_LIBSOURCE:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}% --trace=AM_AUTOMAKE_VERSION:\$f:\$l::\$n::\${::}%
 <unfinished ...>


I have compared the env variables also and cannot see any difference in them.

Please advise as to how to find the problwm.