error: must install xorg-macros 1.16.0 or later

Now, the “default” search path on the affected system is

1. /usr/share/aclocal-1.11/
2. /usr/share/aclocal/
3. /usr/local/share/aclocal/

without the need for -I options; -I options can be reserved
for project-specific needs (my-source-dir/m4/), rather than
using it to work around local system-dependent tool installation
directories.

Similarly, dirlist can be handy if you have installed a local
copy of Automake in your account and want aclocal to look for
macros installed at other places on the system.

Modifying the Macro Search Path: ACLOCAL_PATH

The fourth and last mechanism to customize the macro search path is
also the simplest. Any directory included in the colon-separated
environment variable ACLOCAL_PATH is added to the search path
and takes precedence over system directories (including those found via
dirlist), with the exception of the versioned directory
acdir-APIVERSION (see Macro Search Path). However, directories
passed via -I will take precedence over directories in
ACLOCAL_PATH.

Also note that, if the –install option is used, any .m4
file containing a required macro that is found in a directory listed in
ACLOCAL_PATH will be installed locally.
In this case, serial numbers in .m4 are honored too,
see Serials.

Conversely to dirlist, ACLOCAL_PATH is useful if you are
using a global copy of Automake and want aclocal to look for
macros somewhere under your home directory.