Bug#995007: gnustep-base ftbfs with updated autoconf/automake

[Yavor Doganov]

On Sat, 02 Oct 2021 16:01:45 +0300,
Peter Green wrote:
> I see a fix for this issue has been uploaded to mentors, do you want
> me to sponsor it?

I'd be very grateful, thanks in advance!
My usual sponsor is not answering...

Bug#995007: gnustep-base ftbfs with updated autoconf/automake

[Peter Green]

Hi

I see a fix for this issue has been uploaded to mentors, do you want me to 
sponsor it?

Bug#995007: gnustep-base ftbfs with updated autoconf/automake

[Matthias Klose]

Package: src:gnustep-base
Version: 1.27.0-3
Severity: serious
Tags: sid bookworm

Seen while doing binNMUs for the libffi transition, blocking this transition:

[...]
dh_auto_configure -- \
ac_cv_lib_kvm_kvm_getenvv=no \
--disable-bfd  || (cat config.log; exit 1)
./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr
--includedir=\${prefix}/include --mandir=\${prefix}/share/man
--infodir=\${prefix}/share/info --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
--disable-option-checking --disable-silent-rules
--libdir=\${prefix}/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu --runstatedir=/run
--disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking
ac_cv_lib_kvm_kvm_getenvv=no --disable-bfd
configure: error: cannot find required auxiliary files:
tail -v -n \+0 config.log
==> config.log <==

[...]

## --- ##
## Core tests. ##
## --- ##

configure:2965: looking for aux files: config.guess config.sub
configure:3031: error: cannot find required auxiliary files: