correct way of using autoreconf and automake

[Jan Beich]

mokhi <mokhi64 at gmail.com> writes:

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> [1] ./configure: 7063: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting ")")
> ===>  Script "configure" failed unexpectedly.

Can you pass -w flag to poudriere bulk command then inspect the specific line?
The error often originates from undefined macros provided by other packages e.g.,
USES=pkgconfig, devel/autoconf-archive, devel/gnulib, or a regular dependency.