The errors being shown by not using AC_PROG_CC with this
version of autoconf (the one in debian testing):
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: error: am__fastdepCC does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: The usual way to define 'am__fastdepCC' is to add 'AC_PROG_CC'
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: error: AMDEP does not appear in AM_CONDITIONAL
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: The usual way to define 'AMDEP' is to add one of the compiler tests
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: AC_PROG_CC, AC_PROG_CXX, AC_PROG_OBJC, AC_PROG_OBJCXX,
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: AM_PROG_AS, AM_PROG_GCJ, AM_PROG_UPC
/usr/share/automake-1.14/am/depend2.am: to 'configure.ac' and run 'aclocal' and 'autoconf' again
sources/glue/Makefile.am: error: C source seen but 'CC' is undefined
sources/glue/Makefile.am: The usual way to define 'CC' is to add 'AC_PROG_CC'
sources/glue/Makefile.am: to 'configure.ac' and run 'autoconf' again.
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
AC_PROG_INSTALL
+AC_PROG_CC
LT_INIT
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