Confirmed. I get exactly the same issue building this package in current amd64 unstable chroot.
Changing to previous m4 version (m4_1.4.16-5_amd64.deb) makes no difference: The commands being run are: /usr/bin/sh autopoint --force which runs: /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/autom4te --no-cache --language=Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4 --trace=AM_GNU_GETTEXT_VERSION:$% - configure.ac which runs: sh -c /usr/bin/m4 --nesting-limit=1024 --gnu --include=/usr/share/autoconf --debug=aflq --fatal-warning --debugfile=/tmp/am4tDdyolT/traces It builds OK in a hybrid saucy/unstable arm64 system ii m4 1.4.16-5 arm64 a macro processing language ii autopoint 0.18.1.1-10ubuntu3 all The autopoint program from GNU gettext Just in case any of that helps Wookey -- Principal hats: Linaro, Emdebian, Wookware, Balloonboard, ARM http://wookware.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org