Starting with autoconf 2.70, the resulting ./configure script seems to not be valid shell anymore, leading to Debian bug #978843 1.
Relevant part from the complete build log:
[...]
checking for samtools... /usr/bin/samtools
checking for unix2dos... /usr/bin/unix2dos
./configure: line 13206: syntax error near unexpected token `newline'
./configure: line 13206: ` '''
[...]
Putting square brackets to protect MD5 sum related macros seems to solve the issue.
Greetings,
Starting with autoconf 2.70, the resulting ./configure script seems to not be valid shell anymore, leading to Debian bug #978843 1.
Relevant part from the complete build log:
Putting square brackets to protect MD5 sum related macros seems to solve the issue.
In hope this helps, Have a nice day, :) Étienne.