Bug#735791: ekiga: FTBFS: configure: error: Could not find a version of the library!

[Eugen Dedu]

On 25/01/14 00:55, Andreas Beckmann wrote:
> Followup-For: Bug #735791
>
> The problem still occured on i386 and kfreebsd-i386:
>
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ekiga&arch=i386&ver=4.0.1-3&stamp=1390051917
> https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=ekiga&arch=kfreebsd-i386&ver=4.0.1-3&stamp=1390052002

To fix the bug I had to modify an .m4 file.  The .m4 file alone is not 
sufficient, I had to modify the configure file too.  Because autotools 
programs changed since the time the configure file was generated, I had 
two choices:
- either I manually patch the configure file with the few lines changed 
by the modification given by the .m4 file
- or I regenerate the configure, but the patch will be huge.

I used the first method.  For an unknown and mysterious reason, for the 
two architectures it failed.

Should I use the second solution?

Best regards,
-- 
Eugen