Bug#897124: crystalhd cannot be rebuilt from source: autoreconf fails in filters/gst/gst-plugin

[Helmut Grohne]

Source: crystalhd
Version: 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-12
Severity: serious
User: helmutg at debian.org
Usertags: rebootstrap

I was trying to fix a cross compilation issue in crystalhd and noticed
that filters/gst/gst-plugin/src/Makefile.in would not be regenerated
from the corresponding Makefile.am. Unfortunately, the bug is right
there and I cannot fix it, because Makefile.in cannot be rebuilt.
Trying to autoreconf filters/gst/gst-plugin results in:

libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: Consider adding 'AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS([m4])' to configure.ac,
libtoolize: and rerunning libtoolize and aclocal.
libtoolize: Consider adding '-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
configure.ac:14: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_VERSION
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:35: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_COMPILER_FLAG
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

Thus I conclude that crystalhd cannot be built from source (DFSG #3).
Alternatively, autoreconfing involves a more complex invocation, the
build instructions are missing (DFSG #2).

Helmut