error: possibly undefined macro: AS_IF

I'm trying to compile the TPM2.0-TSS project but get errors while creating the configure script:

$ git clone https://github.com/01org/TPM2.0-TSS.git
Cloning into 'TPM2.0-TSS'...
remote: Counting objects: 6522, done.
remote: Total 6522 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 6522
Receiving objects: 100% (6522/6522), 13.99 MiB | 4.44 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (5081/5081), done.
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$ cd TPM2.0-TSS/
$ ./bootstrap 
Generating file lists: src_vars.mk
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in '.'.
libtoolize: linking file './ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: linking file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:14: error: possibly undefined macro: AS_IF
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:28: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_SUBST
configure.ac:31: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
configure:12158: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
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A strange thing is, that when I call bootstap a second time, it succeeds.

$ ./bootstrap 
Generating file lists: src_vars.mk
configure.ac:4: installing './compile'
configure.ac:5: installing './config.guess'
configure.ac:5: installing './config.sub'
configure.ac:6: installing './install-sh'
configure.ac:6: installing './missing'
Makefile.am: installing './depcomp'
parallel-tests: installing './test-driver'
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There are a couple of other posts with similar errors, and they were solved by installing pkg-config - but pkg-config is already installed in my system.

Solution

Finally following the hint of INSTALL.md and installing autoconf-archive (info) solved the problem:

$ sudo apt -y update
$ sudo apt -y install \
  autoconf-archive \
  libcmocka0 \
  libcmocka-dev \
  build-essential \
  git \
  pkg-config \
  gcc \
  g++ \
  m4 \
  libtool \
  automake \
  autoconf

Further more, check whether the PKG_CONFIG variable is set:

$ env | grep PKG_CONFIG 
PKG_CONFIG=[...]/system/buildroot-x86/output/host/usr/bin/pkg-config
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=[...]/TPM2.0-TSS-INSTALL/lib/pkgconfig/
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$ unset PKG_CONFIG
$ unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
$
$ env | grep PKG_CONFIG 
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