Package: lintian Version: 2.4.3 Tags: patch dh-autoreconf depends on automake and provides debhelper/cdbs hooks to call autoreconf. So it updates the autotools helper files.
The {ancient,outdated}-autotools-helper-file tags shouldn't be triggered if the package build-depends on dh-autoreconf.
dh-autoreconf_outdated_autotools.patch
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