Failed to install because ls

Output written on stow.pdf (40 pages, 276021 bytes).
Transcript written on stow.log.
rm -rf doc/manual-split.new
if /bin/sh /home/user/stow/automake/missing makeinfo --html -I .  -I doc -I ./doc \
 -o doc/manual-split.new `test -f 'doc/stow.texi' || echo './'`doc/stow.texi; \
then \
  rm -rf doc/manual-split; \
  mv doc/manual-split.new doc/manual-split; \
else \
  rm -Rf doc/manual-split.new doc/manual-split; \
  exit 1; \
fi
[ -d doc ] || mkdir doc # required in vpath mode
rm -f doc/manual-single.html
/bin/sh /home/user/stow/automake/missing makeinfo --html -I .  -I doc -I ./doc \
        -c USE_TITLEPAGE_FOR_TITLE=1 --no-split -o doc/manual-single.html \
        `test -f 'doc/stow.texi' || echo './'`doc/stow.texi
makeinfo: invalid option -- 'c'
Try `makeinfo --help' for more information.
Makefile:1580: recipe for target 'doc/manual-single.html' failed
make: *** [doc/manual-single.html] Error 1

Not sure what other info to provide? Perl is in my path: /usr/local/bin/perl This is perl, v5.8.8 built for x86_64-linux-thread-multi

aspiers / stow

Failed to install because ls #93