autoheader causes autoreconf to fail

[Bas Couwenberg]

Running autoreconf -f -i causes the build to fail:

libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: copying file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
autoheader: warning: missing template: GEO_NORMALIZE_DISABLE_TOWGS84
autoheader: Use AC_DEFINE([GEO_NORMALIZE_DISABLE_TOWGS84], [], [Description])
autoheader: warning: missing template: HAVE_PROJECTS_H
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoheader failed with exit status: 1

The generated buildsystem in 1.4.2RC1 also went backwards from automake 1.14.1 to 1.11.1, and the config.{guess,sub} timestamp from 2013-06-10 to 2009-06-10.

[Bas Couwenberg]

The autogen.sh included in the 1.4.2RC2 is a good alternative to running

AUTOHEADER=true autoreconf -fi

Which was the workaround I was using the Debian package until now.