fix bug in the release action workflow

Author: ksedgwic

Diff for: .github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up build tools
         run: sudo apt-get install -y build-essential autoconf automake libtool zip
 
+      - name: Generate configure script
+        run: autoreconf -i
+
       - name: Configure the project
         run: ./configure