autotools-pkg-config-macro-not-cross-compilation-safe

[kartikm]

Debian's Lintian tool reported this:

W: apertium-hin source: autotools-pkg-config-macro-not-cross-compilation-safe configure.ac (line 55)
N:
N: The package appears to use AC_PATH_PROG to discover the location of
N: pkg-config(1). This macro fails to select the correct version to support
N: cross-compilation.
N:
N: A better way would be to use the PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG macro from pkg.m4
N: and then using the $PKG_CONFIG shell variable.
N:
N: Refer to https://bugs.debian.org/884798 for details.
N:
N: Severity: normal, Certainty: possible
N:
N: Check: cruft, Type: source
N:

[kartikm]

@TinoDidriksen ^

[TinoDidriksen]

Yup, that's cruft that probably needs to be removed from many packages.

[priyankmodiPM]

Is this issue still open? I'd like to take it up (will need some help though)