bug#14675: 24.3.50; autogen.sh fails: possibly undefined macro

[Óscar Fuentes]

With today's sources, autogen.sh fails with this output:

Checking whether you have the necessary tools...
(Read INSTALL.BZR for more details on building Emacs)

Checking for autoconf (need at least version 2.65)...
ok
Checking for automake (need at least version 1.11)...
ok
Your system has the required tools, running autoreconf...
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/init.m4:73: warning: macro `AM_MISSING_PROG' not found 
in library
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/init.m4:74: warning: macro `AM_MISSING_PROG' not found 
in library
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/init.m4:75: warning: macro `AM_MISSING_PROG' not found 
in library
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/init.m4:76: warning: macro `AM_MISSING_PROG' not found 
in library
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/init.m4:77: warning: macro `AM_MISSING_PROG' not found 
in library
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/tar.m4:44: warning: macro `AM_RUN_LOG' not found in 
library
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/tar.m4:83: warning: macro `AM_RUN_LOG' not found in 
library
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/tar.m4:86: warning: macro `AM_RUN_LOG' not found in 
library
configure.ac:580: warning: macro `AM_PROG_CC_C_O' not found in library
configure.ac:45: warning: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
/usr/share/aclocal-1.11/init.m4:26: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:45: the top level
configure.ac:45: warning: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
aclocal.m4:178: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:45: the top level
configure.ac:45: warning: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
aclocal.m4:178: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE is expanded from...
configure.ac:45: the top level
configure.ac:1: error: possibly undefined macro: dnl
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:142: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED
configure.ac:617: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_CC
configure.ac:618: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_CC_C_O
configure:3808: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_PROG_MKDIR_P
configure:3895: error: possibly undefined macro: _AM_SUBST_NOTMAKE
configure:3912: error: possibly undefined macro: _AM_SET_OPTIONS
configure:3915: error: possibly undefined macro: _AM_IF_OPTION
configure:3919: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_MISSING_PROG
configure:3926: error: possibly undefined macro: _AM_PROG_TAR
configure:3930: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROVIDE_IFELSE
configure:3931: error: possibly undefined macro: _AM_DEPENDENCIES
configure:3934: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_CXX
configure:3938: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_PROG_OBJC
configure:3943: error: possibly undefined macro: AM_SILENT_RULES
configure:3943: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_REQUIRE
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1




In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.3 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit)
 of 2013-06-18 on qcore
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11303000
System Description:     Ubuntu 13.04

Configured using:
 `configure --without-toolkit-scroll-bars --with-x-toolkit=lucid'

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  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
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