[asterisk-bugs] [JIRA] (ASTERISK-23184) Cosmetic error when cross-compiling as ./configure calls ./menuselect/configure

[abelbeck (JIRA)]

abelbeck created ASTERISK-23184:
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             Summary: Cosmetic error when cross-compiling as ./configure calls ./menuselect/configure
                 Key: ASTERISK-23184
                 URL: https://issues.asterisk.org/jira/browse/ASTERISK-23184
             Project: Asterisk
          Issue Type: Bug
      Security Level: None
          Components: General
    Affects Versions: 12.0.0, 11.7.0, 1.8.25.0
         Environment: Building AstLinux 1.x (via Buildroot)
            Reporter: abelbeck
            Severity: Minor


For 3+ years revision 290102:
http://svnview.digium.com/svn/asterisk?view=revision&revision=290102

adds configure.ac logic to run ./menuselect/configure .

The problem is while cross-compiling CC is not properly set for the "host" compilation of menuselect when called via the main ./configure script.

The error is of this form, near the very end, just before the Asterisk logo...
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checking for gcc... /home/user/astlinux/1.0/output/host/usr/bin/i586-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... configure: error: in `/home/user/astlinux/1.0/output/build/asterisk-1.8.25.0/menuselect':
configure: error: cannot run C compiled programs.
If you meant to cross compile, use `--host'.
See `config.log' for more details.
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Fortunately the above error is not fatal and menuselect/Makefile will again call ./menuselect/configure when called using the "host" make.

The offered 'cleanup' is to skip this configure.ac section when cross-compiling.

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