> Having considered this, I think I will close this as wontfix. I think if > anything is to be done then it is that autoconf2.69 ought re-instate their > backported patch given debhelper have been using the option by default (for > compat 10+ packages) since 2016.
Ack. For PostgreSQL, I removed its hardcoded "autoconf must be 2.69 or else you get to keep the pieces" check without any ill effects. Christoph