Bug#318424: gnome-common: gnome-autogen.sh cannot handle automake1.4

[Bas Wijnen]

Package: gnome-common
Version: 2.8.0-3
Severity: normal

gnome-autogen.sh calls automake with the --force option.  This option is
not supported by automake1.4.

I'd suggest to remove the automake1.4 option from the Depends, or check
for it and not use --force in case it is used.

It seems that the lowest-version automake which is available on a system
is used.  Because not having it in the Depends doesn't guarantee it's
not installed, it should also be made sure that it isn't used if it is
installed anyway (unless the second option, handling it, is chosen, then
there is no problem of course).

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)

Versions of packages gnome-common depends on:
ii  autoconf                      2.59a-3    automatic configure script builder
ii  automake1.4                   1:1.4-p6-9 A tool for generating GNU Standard
ii  automake1.6                   1.6.3-12   A tool for generating GNU Standard
ii  automake1.7                   1.7.9-7    A tool for generating GNU Standard
ii  automake1.9                   1.9.5-1    A tool for generating GNU Standard
ii  gettext                       0.14.5-2   GNU Internationalization utilities
ii  intltool                      0.33-1     Utility scripts for internationali
ii  libtool                       1.5.6-6    Generic library support script
ii  pkg-config                    0.18.1-1   manage compile and link flags for 

gnome-common recommends no packages.

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