[oe] Cross compile badness - /usr/include in /usr/include

[Henning Heinold]

On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 12:37:11PM +0100, Chris Tapp wrote:
> I sometimes get "Cross compile badness - /usr/include in /usr/
> include", most recently when trying to build libsdl-ttf.
> 
> I finally tracked down that the cause was having part of the SDL
> development environment installed on the build host, leading to me
> having a /usr/include/SDL directory.
> 
> Uninstalling this package from the host allowed the build to work.
> 
> 1) Is this a 'known issue' with building?
> 2) Is there any way I can guard against it? I do now have a clue to
> what it means, but the cause may not always be so obvious.
> 3) Can I modify the .bb files to prevent this?
> 
> Is it possible to 'chroot' (or so such) so that the likes of /usr
> are constrained to the build environment?
> 
> Chris

The Problem is a bad .m4 file from sdl which searches hardcoded first in /usr/include
instead of our sysroot-dir. Fix the bad .m4-File and the problem is gone.

Bye Henning