[oe-issues] [Bug 2633] New: autoconf-2.61 in OE doesn't handle OE site properly

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http://bugs.openembedded.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2633

           Summary: autoconf-2.61 in OE doesn't handle OE site properly
           Product: Openembedded
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Build
        AssignedTo: openembedded-issues at lists.openembedded.org
        ReportedBy: pmiscml at gmail.com
         QAContact: tinderbox-oe at gmx.net


I found that autoconf 2.61 (be it software which shipped with configure made
with that  version, or autorecofed using it) doesn't source OE autoconf site
files, and thus software compiled has various crosscompiling issues.

To show issue, I built freetype 2.3.4 with autoconf 2.59 (currently used in OE)
and autoconf 2.61:

Snippet from config.log of 2.59 try:

## ----------- ## 
## Core tests. ## 
## ----------- ## 

configure:1411: loading site script
/home/pfalcon/linux-ppc/org.openembedded.dev/site/endian-little
| ac_cv_c_littleendian=${ac_cv_c_littleendian=yes}
| ac_cv_c_bigendian=${ac_cv_c_bigendian=no}
|
| # libnet
| ac_cv_libnet_endianess=${ac_cv_libnet_endianess=lil}
|
configure:1411: loading site script
/home/pfalcon/linux-ppc/org.openembedded.dev/site/common-glibc
| # general
| ac_cv_have_decl_sys_siglist=${ac_cv_have_decl_sys_siglist=yes}

Snippet from config.log of 2.61 try:

## ----------- ## 
## Core tests. ## 
## ----------- ## 

configure:2224: checking for a BSD-compatible install 
configure:2280: result:
/home/pfalcon/linux-ppc/build-oe-angstrom/tmp/staging/i686-linux/bin/install -c
configure:2291: checking whether build environment is sane
configure:2334: result: yes
configure:2362: checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p
configure:2401: result:
/home/pfalcon/linux-ppc/build-oe-angstrom/tmp/staging/i686-linux/bin/mkdir -p
configure:2414: checking for gawk



While the current in OE is 2.59, newer software requires 2.61, and (at least)
because of this issue we can't upgrade.


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