Package: guile I have downloaded the git repository of guile-debbugs. My machine runs Fedora 28. I've followed the instructions in guile-debbugs.texi.
[albinus@BRONB4NHFYN1 guile-debbugs]$ ./bootstrap.sh autoreconf: Entering directory `.' autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext autoreconf: running: aclocal --force autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf --force autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Autoheader autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing autoreconf: Leaving directory `.' [albinus@BRONB4NHFYN1 guile-debbugs]$ ./configure checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /usr/bin/mkdir -p checking for gawk... gawk checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... yes checking whether make supports nested variables... (cached) yes ./configure: line 2352: syntax error near unexpected token `2.2' ./configure: line 2352: `GUILE_PKG(2.2)' [albinus@BRONB4NHFYN1 guile-debbugs]$ make make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.