[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#840974: samtools: FTBFS: configure.ac:69: error: macro PKG_CHECK_EXISTS is not defined; is a m4 file missing?

[Chris Lamb]

Hi Sascha,


> I would be very happy if an Autotools-savvy person could take another
> closer look because admittedly I am not really sure about the cause
> of the problem.
[…]
> I also had to disable a test (test_usage) that otherwise also seems to
> (mysteriously?) fail

These two comments make me a little nervous, alas. We should surely work
out what was — at least roughly! — the issue instead of just patching
them out, no?


Regards,

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