gsql: FTBFS: configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."

Imported from Debian bug http://bugs.debian.org/713226:

Source: gsql
Version: 0.2.2-1.2
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
> test -x debian/rules
> mkdir -p "."
> /usr/share/cdbs/1/rules/buildcore.mk:109: WARNING: DEB_DH_BUILDDEB_ARGS is a deprecated variable
> if test -e /usr/share/misc/config.guess ; then \
> for i in ./config.guess ; do \
> if ! test -e $i.cdbs-orig ; then \
> mv $i $i.cdbs-orig ; \
> cp --remove-destination /usr/share/misc/config.guess $i ; \
> fi ; \
> done ; \
> fi
> if test -e /usr/share/misc/config.sub ; then \
> for i in ./config.sub ; do \
> if ! test -e $i.cdbs-orig ; then \
> mv $i $i.cdbs-orig ; \
> cp --remove-destination /usr/share/misc/config.sub $i ; \
> fi ; \
> done ; \
> fi
> touch debian/stamp-autotools-files
> chmod a+x /«PKGBUILDDIR»/./configure
> mkdir -p .
> cd . && CFLAGS="-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall" CXXFLAGS="-g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall" CPPFLAGS="-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-z,relro" /«PKGBUILDDIR»/./configure --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --includedir="\${prefix}/include" --mandir="\${prefix}/share/man" --infodir="\${prefix}/share/info" --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var --libexecdir="\${prefix}/lib/gsql" --srcdir=. --disable-maintainer-mode --disable-dependency-tracking --disable-silent-rules --with-gconf-schema-file-dir=/usr/share/gconf/schemas --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gsql -disable-scrollkeeper
> configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --disable-silent-rules, --disable-scrollkeeper
> configure: error: cannot find install-sh, install.sh, or shtool in "." "./.." "./../.."
> make: *** [debian/stamp-autotools] Error 1

The full build log is available from:
   http://aws-logs.debian.net/ftbfs-logs/2013/06/20/gsql_0.2.2-1.2_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.