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.
*** Bug 8894 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Merged into master: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/?id=44d283a13db50b84929c82408f9c6883c35af949