Neither autoreconf -fi nor ./configure notice when libpcsclite is missing. make fails in the middle later when the header files aren't found.
Installing libpcsclite-dev.deb solves this issue. That can be deduced; but it's cleaner when all dependencies get checked before make, and missing ones explicitly named.
I'd set this at low priority - just writing it down so it doesn't get lost entirely.
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autoreconf -finor./configurenotice when libpcsclite is missing. make fails in the middle later when the header files aren't found. Installing libpcsclite-dev.deb solves this issue. That can be deduced; but it's cleaner when all dependencies get checked before make, and missing ones explicitly named. I'd set this at low priority - just writing it down so it doesn't get lost entirely.