try it this way, instead

[debian/tar] / debian / rules

diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 28c6dedb22faac463e440e8d90ba4e5f17c045db..3fc3590a8989e0ffc1b00253b516ff442e3c0036 100755 (executable)
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ configure-stamp:
        dh_testdir
        cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.sub build-aux/config.sub
        cp -f /usr/share/misc/config.guess build-aux/config.guess
+       autoreconf --force -v --install
        RSH="/usr/bin/rsh" CPPFLAGS="$(CPPFLAGS)" CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)" ./configure \
                --prefix=/usr \
                --libexecdir=/usr/lib/tar \