problem while compiling popt and rpm

[address@hidden]

We are using windriver gcc to compile rpm as well as popt.

We are using autoconf for generating the binaries.

In Makefile.am we are adding all LDFLAGS, GCC opts etc.

<snip>

    && ${popt_srcdir}/configure \

        $$cross_args \

        --with-cplusplus=no \

        --with-java=no \

        --with-python=no \

        --prefix=${popt_srcdir}/popt_install \

        --libdir=$libdir \

        --sbindir=/isan/bin \

        --with-sysroot=$sysroot \

        --enable-shared \

        --enable-dependency-tracking \

        BASE_INCLUDES="-I$(srcdir)/include $(BASE_INC) -I$(srcdir)/feature/popt/libcli" \

        CFLAGS="-Wall -pipe -g -O2 -fno-crossjumping -fno-strict-aliasing ${T_cflags} ${COMMON_CFLAGS} -Wno-error -Wall  $$x86s_CFLAGS $$x86s_SYSROOT $$x86s_LIBLDOPTS" \

        CXXFLAGS="-Wall -pipe -g -O2 -fno-crossjumping -fno-strict-aliasing ${T_cflags} ${COMMON_CFLAGS} -Wno-error -Wall  $$x86s_CFLAGS $$x86s_SYSROOT $$x86s_LIBLDOPTS"   \

        CPPFLAGS="-I$(srcdir)/feature/popt/libcli" \

address@hidden@/../bin/${T_arch}/$$HWP/popt/${POPT} \

        THIRD_PARTY_ARCH=${routing_arch} \

        TOP_DIR=${srcdir} \

        T_plat=${T_plat} \

        T_bldgrp=${T_bldgrp}\

        LDFLAGS="$$x86s_SYSROOT  $$x86s_LIBLDOPTS $$x86s_LDSEARCHPATH" \

</snip>

We are ending up with ld error

libtool: link: i586-wrs-linux-gnu-gcc -shared  .libs/popt.o .libs/poptparse.o .libs/poptconfig.o .libs/popthelp.o .libs/poptint.o   -L/auto/andpkg/rep_cache//wr-x86/3.0FCS/sysroot/usr/lib  -march=pentiumpro -pthread -pthread -Wl,--version-script=/ws/ravtr-sjc/rpm/5nov/third-party/src/A.buildme/popt/conf.x86s/../../../popt/popt-1.15/libpopt.vers -pthread -Wl,-rpath-link -Wl,/auto/andpkg/rep_cache/wr-x86/3.0FCS/sysroot/usr/lib   -pthread -Wl,-soname -Wl,libpopt.so.0 -o .libs/libpopt.so.0.0.0

/auto/andpkg/rep_cache/wr-x86/3.0FCS/toolchain/x86-linux2/bin/../lib/gcc/i586-wrs-linux-gnu/4.3.2/../../../../i586-wrs-linux-gnu/bin/ld: crti.o: No such file: No such file or directory

collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

gmake[2]: *** [libpopt.la] Error 1

but passing sysroot manually to gcc makes things work

-bash-3.00$ i586-wrs-linux-gnu-gcc -shared  .libs/popt.o .libs/poptparse.o .libs/poptconfig.o .libs/popthelp.o .libs/poptint.o   -L/auto/andpkg/rep_cache//wr-x86/3.0FCS/sysroot/usr/lib  -march=pentiumpro -pthread -pthread -Wl,--version-script=/ws/ravtr-sjc/rpm/5nov/third-party/src/A.buildme/popt/conf.x86s/../../../popt/popt-1.15/libpopt.vers -pthread -Wl,-rpath-link -Wl,/auto/andpkg/rep_cache/wr-x86/3.0FCS/sysroot/usr/lib  --sysroot=/auto/andpkg/rep_cache//wr-x86/3.0FCS/sysroot  -pthread -Wl,-soname -Wl,libpopt.so.0 -o .libs/libpopt.so.0.0.0

-bash-3.00$

-bash-3.00$

-bash-3.00$ cd ./libtool

-bash: cd: ./libtool: Not a directory

-bash-3.00$ cd .libs

-bash-3.00$ ls

libpopt.so.0.0.0  poptconfig.o  popthelp.o  poptint.o  popt.o  poptparse.o

-bash-3.00$

versions:

autoconf : GNU 2.59

automake: GNU 1.8.3-a1

Please let me know what is the way to pass sysroot to ld through configure options.

Thanks,

Ravi