Re: [bug-libunistring] Automake 1.16.4 issue

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Jörg,

> with automake 1.16.4 we get this error:
> 
> 
> | dh binary-arch
> |    dh_update_autotools_config -a
> |    dh_autoreconf -a
> | configure.ac:25: error: AC_INIT should be called with package and version 
> arguments
> | : gl_AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
> | /usr/share/aclocal-1.16/init.m4:29: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
> | configure.ac:25: the top level
> | autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> | aclocal: error: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
> | autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
> | dh_autoreconf: error: autoreconf -f -i returned exit code 1
> | make: *** [debian/rules:21: binary-arch] Error 25
> | dpkg-buildpackage: error: debian/rules binary-arch subprocess returned exit 
> status 2

Thanks for the report. This is fixed in git since last week, see
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=libunistring.git;a=commitdiff;h=15e4365267e316f15222b8bf9f0a7cd0db231e9c

> A first patch is attached.

Thanks. Your patch looks interesting. I will see whether I can use it to 
simplify gl_INIT_PACKAGE.

Bruno