[tor-bugs] #9666 [Tor]: Autogen error for autoreconf could be more helpful

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#9666: Autogen error for autoreconf could be more helpful
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     Reporter:  atagar   |      Owner:
         Type:  defect   |     Status:  needs_information
     Priority:  trivial  |  Milestone:  Tor: unspecified
    Component:  Tor      |    Version:
   Resolution:           |   Keywords:  easy tor-client
Actual Points:           |  Parent ID:
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Changes (by rl1987):

 * status:  new => needs_information


Comment:

 What should the error message say? Printing the name of Debian package
 probably isn't the best solution since Tor can be compiled on other
 systems than Debian. "Please install autotools" is probably too vague.

 Besides, we should be addressing the case where, say, aclocal is missing
 and should be installled.

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