should now work fr any ubuntu distributon

resolve-debbuilddeps.sh

@@ -24,9 +24,17 @@ function install() {
     fi
 }
 
+TO_INSTALL=
+
 if test -e debian/control.in -a ! -e debian/control; then
-    sed 's,@[^@]*@, dummytext,g' debian/control.in > debian/control
+    for f in $(sed -n 's, *AX_DEB_DEPEND_IFEXISTS(\([^)]*\)).*,\1,p' configure.ac); do
+        if test -n "$(apt-cache policy -q ${f})" && ! dpkg -l "${f}"; then
+            TO_INSTALL+=" ${f}"
+        fi
+    done
     trap "rm debian/control" INT TERM EXIT
+    sed 's,@DEB_DEPEND_IFEXISTS@,,g' debian/control.in | \
+        sed 's,@[^@]*@, dummytext,g' > debian/control
 fi
 
 if test -n "${SCHROOTNAME}"; then
@@ -38,7 +46,6 @@ else
 fi
 DEPS=$(echo "$DEPS" | sed -n '/Unmet build dependencies/ { s,.*Unmet build dependencies: ,,g; s, ([^)]*),,g; s, *| *,|,g; p}')
 
-TO_INSTALL=
 for pa in ${DEPS}; do
     if test ${pa//|/} = ${pa}; then
         TO_INSTALL+=" ${pa}"