petalinux project build failing with m4-native-1.4.18-r0 do_compile failed on host Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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While trying to port petalinux 2018.3 project compiling Ubuntu 16 host to Ubuntu 20 host. Following error is occurring

  ERROR: m4-native-1.4.18-r0 do_compile: Function failed: do_compile (log file is located at .
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    | gcc   -I. -I../../m4-1.4.18/lib   -isystem/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/include  -isystem/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/include -O2 -pipe -c -o freadahead.o ../../m4-1.4.18/lib/freadahead.c
    | gcc   -I. -I../../m4-1.4.18/lib   -isystem/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/include  -isystem/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/recipe-sysroot-native/usr/include -O2 -pipe -c -o fseeko.o ../../m4-1.4.18/lib/fseeko.c
    | ../../m4-1.4.18/lib/fseeko.c: In function ‘rpl_fseeko’:
    | ../../m4-1.4.18/lib/fseeko.c:110:4: error: #error "Please port gnulib fseeko.c to your platform! Look at the code in fseeko.c, then report this to bug-gnulib."
    |   110 |   #error "Please port gnulib fseeko.c to your platform! Look at the code in fseeko.c, then report this to bug-gnulib."
    |       |    ^~~~~
    | ../../m4-1.4.18/lib/freadahead.c: In function ‘freadahead’:
    | ../../m4-1.4.18/lib/freadahead.c:92:3: error: #error "Please port gnulib freadahead.c to your platform! Look at the definition of fflush, fread, ungetc on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."
    |    92 |  #error "Please port gnulib freadahead.c to your platform! Look at the definition of fflush, fread, ungetc on your system, then report this to bug-gnulib."
    |       |   ^~~~~
    | make[3]: *** [Makefile:1915: fseeko.o] Error 1
    | make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
    | make[3]: *** [Makefile:1915: freadahead.o] Error 1
    | make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/build/lib'
    | make[2]: *** [Makefile:1674: all] Error 2
    | make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/build/lib'
    | make[1]: *** [Makefile:1572: all-recursive] Error 1
    | make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/build'
    | make: *** [Makefile:1528: all] Error 2
    | ERROR: oe_runmake failed
    | WARNING: exit code 1 from a shell command.
    | ERROR: Function failed: do_compile (log file is located at /home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/projects/rrh_4.0/RRH_TRX_MULTI_ADI_MULTICH/build/tmp/work/x86_64-linux/m4-native/1.4.18-r0/temp/log.do_compile.1545563)
    ERROR: Task (/home/os-bsp-team/fadil/2018.3/components/yocto/source/aarch64/layers/core/meta/recipes-devtools/m4/m4-native_1.4.18.bb:do_compile) failed with exit code '1'
    NOTE: Tasks Summary: Attempted 894 tasks of which 878 didn't need to be rerun and 1 failed.

By googling found this patch need to be applied http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/commit/meta/recipes-devtools/m4?h=thud&id=95ca077ab871ceff46c2052f324f879a1d624ff4 Can someone please help to figure out this issue and apply this patch in yocto.

Maik Nassauer Maik Nassauer · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-12T14:22:42

You can apply the patch with git like here.

Or you can download the m4-1.4.18-glibc-change-work-around.patch and place it in a files subfolder in meta/recipes-devtools/m4/files and add add the following line to SRC_URI:

SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/m4/m4-${PV}.tar.gz \
        file://ac_config_links.patch \
        file://remove-gets.patch \
        file://m4-1.4.18-glibc-change-work-around.patch \
        "

file://m4-1.4.18-glibc-change-work-around.patch in SRC_URI will apply the patch for you.

You can also look for the location of remove-gets.patchand place this patch in the same folder.

petalinux project build failing with m4-native-1.4.18-r0 do_compile failed on host Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

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