Bug#978847: libglade2: ftbfs with autoconf 2.70

[Matthias Klose]

Package: src:libglade2
Version: 2.6.4-2.3
Severity: normal
Tags: sid bookworm
User: doko at debian.org
Usertags: ftbfs-ac270

[This bug report is not targeted to the upcoming bullseye release]

The package fails to build in a test rebuild on at least amd64 with
autoconf 2.70, but succeeds to build with autoconf 2.69. The
severity of this report will be raised before the bookworm release,
so nothing has to be done for the bullseye release.

The full build log can be found at:
http://qa-logs.debian.net/2020/09/26.ac270/libglade2_2.6.4-2.3_unstable_ac270.log
The last lines of the build log are at the end of this report.

To build with autoconf 2.70, please install the autoconf package from
experimental:  apt-get -t=experimental install autoconf 

[...]
/usr/share/aclocal/gtk-2.0.m4:12: AM_PATH_GTK_2_0 is expanded from...
configure.in:35: the top level
configure.in:35: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.in:35: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2816: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/gtk-2.0.m4:12: AM_PATH_GTK_2_0 is expanded from...
configure.in:35: the top level
configure.in:117: warning: The macro `GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT' is obsolete.
configure.in:117: You should run autoupdate.
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:366: GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:466: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.in:117: the top level
configure.in:117: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.in:117: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2816: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:673: AS_IF is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2149: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2170: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:51: GLIB_LC_MESSAGES is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:366: GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:466: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.in:117: the top level
configure.in:117: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.in:117: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2816: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:673: AS_IF is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2149: AC_CACHE_VAL is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2170: AC_CACHE_CHECK is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:673: AS_IF is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:89: _AC_CHECK_HEADER_COMPILE is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:56: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:150: GLIB_WITH_NLS is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:366: GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:466: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.in:117: the top level
configure.in:117: warning: The macro `AC_TRY_LINK' is obsolete.
configure.in:117: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:2816: AC_TRY_LINK is expanded from...
lib/m4sugar/m4sh.m4:673: AS_IF is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:89: _AC_CHECK_HEADER_COMPILE is expanded from...
./lib/autoconf/headers.m4:56: AC_CHECK_HEADER is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:150: GLIB_WITH_NLS is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:366: GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:466: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.in:117: the top level
configure.in:117: warning: The macro `AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS' is obsolete.
configure.in:117: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/status.m4:1025: AC_OUTPUT_COMMANDS is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:150: GLIB_WITH_NLS is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:366: GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
/usr/share/aclocal/glib-gettext.m4:466: AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT is expanded from...
configure.in:117: the top level
configure.in:147: warning: The macro `AC_HELP_STRING' is obsolete.
configure.in:147: You should run autoupdate.
./lib/autoconf/general.m4:203: AC_HELP_STRING is expanded from...
m4/jh-xml-catalog.m4:6: JH_PATH_XML_CATALOG is expanded from...
configure.in:147: the top level
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
Can't exec "gtkdocize": No such file or directory at /usr/share/autoconf/Autom4te/FileUtils.pm line 293.
autoreconf: error: gtkdocize failed with exit status: 2
dh_autoreconf: error: autoreconf -f -i returned exit code 2
make: *** [/usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/autoreconf.mk:10: debian/autoreconf.after] Error 25
dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules build subprocess returned exit status 2