Bug 8437

Summary: autotools.bbclass: use relative path to run configure
Product: [Build System, Metadata & Runtime] OE-Core Reporter: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang>
Component: coreAssignee: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: Costin <costin.c.constantin>
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: Medium+ CC: alexandru.c.georgescu, meta.mr.watcher, meta.watcher
Version: 2.1   
Target Milestone: 2.1 M3   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Multiple   
Whiteboard:
OS type for building Yocto: --- Type of Regression: ---
Verified: Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Description Robert Yang 2015-10-03 05:04:31 UTC
It uses absolute path (/path/to/configure) which causes VPATH in Makefile to be an absolute path, and then cause buildpath in elf path, some of the QA Issues from buildpaths. Use relative path to run configure can fix the problem.
Comment 1 Ross Burton 2016-01-12 20:42:28 UTC
*** Bug 8894 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***