gpointing-device-settings: FTBFS: automake: error: global options already processed

[Andreas Moog]

Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/725593:

Source: gpointing-device-settings
Version: 1.5.1-6
Severity: serious
Tags: jessie sid
User: <email address hidden>
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20131006 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

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

Relevant part (hopefully):
> make[1]: Entering directory `/«PKGBUILDDIR»'
> autoreconf -f -i
> configure.ac:12: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
> ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:1022: _LT_SYS_MODULE_PATH_AIX is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:4170: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:5252: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:103: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
> configure.ac:12: the top level
> configure.ac:12: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
> ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:4170: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:5252: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:103: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
> configure.ac:12: the top level
> configure.ac:12: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
> ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:1022: _LT_SYS_MODULE_PATH_AIX is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:4170: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:5252: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:103: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
> configure.ac:12: the top level
> configure.ac:12: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
> ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:4170: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:5252: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:103: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
> configure.ac:12: the top level
> configure.ac:12: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
> ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:1022: _LT_SYS_MODULE_PATH_AIX is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:4170: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:5252: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:103: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
> configure.ac:12: the top level
> configure.ac:12: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
> ../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> ../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:4170: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:5252: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
> m4/libtool.m4:103: AM_PROG_LIBTOOL is expanded from...
> configure.ac:12: the top level
> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in `.'.
> libtoolize: copying file `./ltmain.sh'
> libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `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'
> automake: error: global options already processed
> automake: Please contact <email address hidden>.
> at /usr/share/automake-1.14/Automake/Channels.pm line 662, <GEN0> line 82.
> Automake::Channels::msg('automake', '', 'global options already processed') called at /usr/share/automake-1.14/Automake/ChannelDefs.pm line 212
> Automake::ChannelDefs::prog_error('global options already processed') called at /usr/share/automake-1.14/Automake/Options.pm line 421
> Automake::Options::process_global_option_list('HASH(0x2c2b598)') called at /usr/bin/automake line 5331
> Automake::scan_autoconf_traces('configure.ac') called at /usr/bin/automake line 5431
> Automake::scan_autoconf_files() called at /usr/bin/automake line 8259
> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 29
> make[1]: *** [override_dh_auto_configure] Error 29

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/ftbfs-logs/2013/10/06/gpointing-device-settings_1.5.1-6_unstable.log

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 EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.