The problem is that the file m4/macros/libtool.m4 in the am-utils source is
out of date relative to the libtool used in the build. The debian/rules
script tries to fix this but the fix is overridden by a later stage of the
build. The attached patch fixes it for me on Raspbian 10.
__Martin
On Fri, 02 Feb 2018 16:26:53 +0100 Giacomo Mulas <gmu...@oa-cagliari.inaf.it>
wrote:
> Package: am-utils
> Version: 6.2+rc20110530-3.2+b1
> Severity: grave
> Justification: renders package unusable
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> I just updated the am-utils package and it became unusable with the
> update. Any command in the am-utils package would fail with a message
> like:
>
> herschel:~# amq
> /usr/sbin/amq: error: '/usr/sbin/.libs/amq' does not exist
> This script is just a wrapper for amq.
> See the libtool documentation for more information.
--- am-utils-6.2+rc20110530/debian/rules
+++ am-utils-6.2+rc20110530/debian/rules
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
# autotools-dev recommends updating config.sub
# and config.guess. The following has that
# effect as well as updating libtool
- cp -f /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 ./acinclude.m4
+ cp -f /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 ./m4/macros/libtool.m4
aclocal
libtoolize -f -c
