[xml/sgml-pkgs] Bug#245990: libxml2: Wrong build dependancies

[Sebastien Koechlin]

Package: libxml2
Version: 2.6.9-1
Severity: minor



-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux barberine 2.4.22 #4 Sat Oct 11 14:37:54 CEST 2003 i586
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages libxml2 depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.3.2.ds1-11      GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.1.4-1.0woody0 compression library - runtime


There is a problem with build dependancies:

$ fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc -tc
(...)
config.status: creating python/tests/Makefile
config.status: creating include/libxml/xmlversion.h
config.status: creating xml2-config
config.status: creating libxml-2.0.pc
config.status: creating libxml-2.0-uninstalled.pc
config.status: creating python/setup.py
config.status: creating config.h
config.status: executing depfiles commands
echo "all:" > example/Makefile
echo "install:" >> example/Makefile
echo "distclean:" >> example/Makefile
echo "  rm -rf .deps" >> example/Makefile
cp -f -a python/libxml2-py.c python/libxml2-py.c-tmp
/usr/bin/make
make[1]: Entering directory /home/seb/System/libxml2-2.6.9'
 cd . && /bin/sh /home/seb/System/libxml2-2.6.9/missing --run automake-1.8
--gnu
/home/seb/System/libxml2-2.6.9/missing: automake-1.8: command not found
WARNING: 'automake-1.8' is missing on your system.  You should only need it if
         you modified 'Makefile.am', 'acinclude.m4' or 'configure.in'.
         You might want to install the 'Automake' and 'Perl' packages.
         Grab them from any GNU archive site.
cd . && /bin/sh /home/seb/System/libxml2-2.6.9/missing --run autoconf
configure.in:25: error: Autoconf version 2.58 or higher is required
aclocal.m4:6428: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.in:25: the top level
make[1]: *** [configure] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory /home/seb/System/libxml2-2.6.9'
make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2