Bug#527709: libhildonhelp: FTBFS: configure.ac:42: error: AC_SUBST: `DEPS_CFLAGS ' is not a valid shell variable name

[Lucas Nussbaum]

Package: libhildonhelp
Version: 1.9.6.debian.4-2
Severity: serious
User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20090508 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part:
> dh_clean
>  dpkg-source -b libhildonhelp-1.9.6.debian.4
> dpkg-source: info: using source format `1.0'
> dpkg-source: info: building libhildonhelp using existing libhildonhelp_1.9.6.debian.4.orig.tar.gz
> dpkg-source: info: building libhildonhelp in libhildonhelp_1.9.6.debian.4-2.diff.gz
> dpkg-source: info: building libhildonhelp in libhildonhelp_1.9.6.debian.4-2.dsc
>  debian/rules build
> libtoolize --copy --automake
> aclocal
> autoconf
> configure.ac:42: error: AC_SUBST: `DEPS_CFLAGS ' is not a valid shell variable name
> configure.ac:42: the top level
> autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
> make: *** [configure] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://people.debian.org/~lucas/logs/2009/05/08/libhildonhelp_1.9.6.debian.4-2_lsid64.buildlog

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at 
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on about 50 AMD64 nodes
of the Grid'5000 platform, using a clean chroot.  Internet was not
accessible from the build systems.

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