The git-version-gen script is not included in tarball releases, so we need to avoid attempts to call it when running autoreconf. Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration] Signed-off-by: Andre McCurdy Index: strace-4.22/configure.ac =================================================================== --- strace-4.22.orig/configure.ac +++ strace-4.22/configure.ac @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.57) AC_INIT([strace], - m4_esyscmd([./git-version-gen .tarball-version]), + m4_esyscmd_s([cat .tarball-version]), [strace-devel@lists.strace.io], [strace], [https://strace.io])