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

[Adrian Bunk]

Control: severity -1 normal

On Sat, Apr 28, 2018 at 07:14:04PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote:
> 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.
>...
> 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).

Works for me when following the clear instructions from the error message.

> Helmut

cu
Adrian

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