libkibi: FTBFS: warning: 'libkibi.la': linking libtool libraries using a non-POSIX archiver

Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/713216:

Source: libkibi
Version: 0.1-2
Severity: serious
Tags: jessie sid
User: <email address hidden>
Usertags: qa-ftbfs-20130620 qa-ftbfs
Justification: FTBFS on amd64

Hi,

During a rebuild of all packages in sid, your package failed to build on
amd64.

Relevant part:
> debian/rules build
> dh build --with autoreconf
> dh_testdir
> dh_autoreconf
> aclocal: warning: couldn't open directory 'm4': No such file or directory
> libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build-aux'.
> libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/ltmain.sh'
> libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `m4'.
> libtoolize: copying file `m4/libtool.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltoptions.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltsugar.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file `m4/ltversion.m4'
> libtoolize: copying file `m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
> libtoolize: Consider adding `-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
> automake: warnings are treated as errors
> /usr/share/automake-1.13/am/ltlibrary.am: warning: 'libkibi.la': linking libtool libraries using a non-POSIX
> /usr/share/automake-1.13/am/ltlibrary.am: archiver requires 'AM_PROG_AR' in 'configure.ac'
> kibi/Makefile.am:1: while processing Libtool library 'libkibi.la'
> parallel-tests: installing 'build-aux/test-driver'
> autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
> dh_autoreconf: autoreconf -f -i returned exit code 1
> make: *** [build] Error 2

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/ftbfs-logs/2013/06/20/libkibi_0.1-2_unstable.log

A list of current common problems and possible solutions is available at
http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/FTBFS . You're welcome to contribute!

About the archive rebuild: The rebuild was done on EC2 VM instances from
Amazon Web Services, using a clean, minimal and up-to-date chroot. Every
failed build was retried once to eliminate random failures.