autoconf: Upgrade to 2.72c

2.72c is a prerelease version of autoconf 2.73. It contains largefile and y2038 64 bit
time_t improvements for 32 bit architectures.

Rather than work on the older codebase, this brings us to work with the recent
autoconf upstream with the 64 bit changes. It is unclear when upstream will release
2.73 but it is easier for us to be aligned now we've done the bulk of the work needed
to update.

Upstream added several patches which fixed several common failures OE builds ran
into (backported in the next commit). In general testing has otherwise been good for us.

There is an unfortunate gnulib largefile.m4 bug. This change patches various software
to workaround it, next time they update new versions of the gnulib code will be pulled
in which address the issue with the official fix.

There are also a couple of ordering related fixes for apr and libarchive.

Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

20 files changed, 279 insertions, 141 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext-0.21.1/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext-0.21.1/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae5b2491bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext-0.21.1/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+The gnulib largefile macro needs updating to work with autoconf 2.73. Rather
+than the full code:
+
+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/m4/largefile.m4?id=f91f633858cf132e50924224c50d6264a92caabb
+
+Just tweak the exiting code to work with 2.73. The next gettext upgrade should
+update to new gnulib
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: gettext-0.21.1/gettext-runtime/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- gettext-0.21.1.orig/gettext-runtime/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
++++ gettext-0.21.1/gettext-runtime/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
+Index: gettext-0.21.1/gettext-tools/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- gettext-0.21.1.orig/gettext-tools/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
++++ gettext-0.21.1/gettext-tools/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
+Index: gettext-0.21.1/libtextstyle/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- gettext-0.21.1.orig/libtextstyle/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
++++ gettext-0.21.1/libtextstyle/gnulib-m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb
index b80ea9276e..2f030a2df9 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/gettext/gettext_0.21.1.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gettext/gettext-${PV}.tar.gz \
            file://serial-tests-config.patch \
            file://0001-tests-autopoint-3-unset-MAKEFLAGS.patch \
            file://0001-init-env.in-do-not-add-C-CXX-parameters.patch \
+           file://autoconf-2.73.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e8c3650e1d8cee875c4f355642382c1df83058bd5a11ee8555c0cf276d646d45"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf/0001-Port-to-compilers-that-moan-about-K-R-func-decls.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf/0001-Port-to-compilers-that-moan-about-K-R-func-decls.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f15bf96c3..0000000000
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf/0001-Port-to-compilers-that-moan-about-K-R-func-decls.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-From 7a3bbca81b803ba116b83c82de378e840cc35f81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
-Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 16:19:50 -0500
-Subject: [PATCH] Port to compilers that moan about K&R func decls
-MIME-Version: 1.0
-Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
-Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
-
-* lib/autoconf/c.m4 (AC_LANG_CALL, AC_LANG_FUNC_LINK_TRY):
-Use '(void)' rather than '()' in function prototypes, as the latter
-provokes fatal errors in some compilers nowadays.
-* lib/autoconf/functions.m4 (AC_FUNC_STRTOD):
-* tests/fortran.at (AC_F77_DUMMY_MAIN usage):
-* tests/semantics.at (AC_CHECK_DECLS):
-Don’t use () in a function decl.
-
-Upstream-Status: Backport [https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/autoconf.git/commit/?id=8b5e2016c7ed2d67f31b03a3d2e361858ff5299b]
-Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
----
- doc/autoconf.texi         | 7 +++----
- lib/autoconf/c.m4         | 6 +++---
- lib/autoconf/functions.m4 | 3 ---
- tests/fortran.at          | 8 ++++----
- tests/semantics.at        | 2 +-
- 5 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
-
---- a/doc/autoconf.texi
-+++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
-@@ -5465,9 +5465,7 @@ the @samp{#undef malloc}):
- #include <config.h>
- #undef malloc
- 
--#include <sys/types.h>
--
--void *malloc ();
-+#include <stdlib.h>
- 
- /* Allocate an N-byte block of memory from the heap.
-    If N is zero, allocate a 1-byte block.  */
-@@ -8295,7 +8293,7 @@ needed:
- #  ifdef __cplusplus
-      extern "C"
- #  endif
--   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN () @{ return 1; @}
-+   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN (void) @{ return 1; @}
- #endif
- @end example
- 
---- a/lib/autoconf/c.m4
-+++ b/lib/autoconf/c.m4
-@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ m4_if([$2], [main], ,
- [/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
-    Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
-    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
--char $2 ();])], [return $2 ();])])
-+char $2 (void);])], [return $2 ();])])
- 
- 
- # AC_LANG_FUNC_LINK_TRY(C)(FUNCTION)
-@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ m4_define([AC_LANG_FUNC_LINK_TRY(C)],
- #define $1 innocuous_$1
- 
- /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
--   which can conflict with char $1 (); below.  */
-+   which can conflict with char $1 (void); below.  */
- 
- #include <limits.h>
- #undef $1
-@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ m4_define([AC_LANG_FUNC_LINK_TRY(C)],
- #ifdef __cplusplus
- extern "C"
- #endif
--char $1 ();
-+char $1 (void);
- /* The GNU C library defines this for functions which it implements
-     to always fail with ENOSYS.  Some functions are actually named
-     something starting with __ and the normal name is an alias.  */
---- a/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
-+++ b/lib/autoconf/functions.m4
-@@ -1601,9 +1601,6 @@ AC_DEFUN([AC_FUNC_STRTOD],
- AC_CACHE_CHECK(for working strtod, ac_cv_func_strtod,
- [AC_RUN_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
- ]AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT[
--#ifndef strtod
--double strtod ();
--#endif
- int
- main (void)
- {
---- a/tests/fortran.at
-+++ b/tests/fortran.at
-@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ void FOOBAR_F77 (double *x, double *y);
- #  ifdef __cplusplus
-      extern "C"
- #  endif
--   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN () { return 1; }
-+   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN (void) { return 1; }
- #endif
- 
- int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ void FOOBAR_FC(double *x, double *y);
- #  ifdef __cplusplus
-      extern "C"
- #  endif
--   int FC_DUMMY_MAIN () { return 1; }
-+   int FC_DUMMY_MAIN (void) { return 1; }
- #endif
- 
- int main (int argc, char *argv[])
-@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ void @foobar@ (int *x);
- #  ifdef __cplusplus
-      extern "C"
- #  endif
--   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN () { return 1; }
-+   int F77_DUMMY_MAIN (void) { return 1; }
- #endif
- 
- int main(int argc, char *argv[])
-@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ void @foobar@ (int *x);
- #  ifdef __cplusplus
-      extern "C"
- #  endif
--   int FC_DUMMY_MAIN () { return 1; }
-+   int FC_DUMMY_MAIN (void) { return 1; }
- #endif
- 
- int main(int argc, char *argv[])
---- a/tests/semantics.at
-+++ b/tests/semantics.at
-@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ AT_CHECK_MACRO([AC_CHECK_DECLS],
- 		 [[extern int yes;
- 		   enum { myenum };
- 		   extern struct mystruct_s { int x[20]; } mystruct;
--		   extern int myfunc();
-+		   extern int myfunc (int);
- 		   #define mymacro1(arg) arg
- 		   #define mymacro2]])
-   # Ensure we can detect missing declarations of functions whose
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf_2.71.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf_2.72c.bb
index 97c241a3f5..fe9779e4dd 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf_2.71.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/autoconf/autoconf_2.72c.bb
@@ -11,18 +11,18 @@ DEPENDS:remove:class-native = "autoconf-native automake-native help2man-native"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=cc3f3a7596cb558bbd9eb7fbaa3ef16c \
 		    file://COPYINGv3;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464"
 
-SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/autoconf/${BP}.tar.gz \
+SRC_URI = " \
+           https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/autoconf/autoconf-2.72c.tar.gz \
            file://program_prefix.patch \
            file://autoreconf-exclude.patch \
            file://remove-usr-local-lib-from-m4.patch \
            file://preferbash.patch \
            file://autotest-automake-result-format.patch \
            file://man-host-perl.patch \
-           file://0001-Port-to-compilers-that-moan-about-K-R-func-decls.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI:append:class-native = " file://no-man.patch"
 
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "431075ad0bf529ef13cb41e9042c542381103e80015686222b8a9d4abef42a1c"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "21b64169c820c6cdf27fc981ca9c2fb615546e5dead92bccf8d92d0784cdd364"
 
 RDEPENDS:${PN} = "m4 gnu-config \
 		  perl \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8360d3928f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+The gnulib largefile macro needs updating to work with autoconf 2.73. Rather
+than the full code:
+
+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/m4/largefile.m4?id=f91f633858cf132e50924224c50d6264a92caabb
+
+Just tweak the exiting code to work with 2.73. The next bison upgrade should
+update to new gnulib
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- findutils-4.9.0.orig/m4/largefile.m4
++++ findutils-4.9.0/m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_3.8.2.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_3.8.2.bb
index c95f321244..da138e3587 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_3.8.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/bison/bison_3.8.2.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ SECTION = "devel"
 DEPENDS = "bison-native flex-native"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/bison/bison-${PV}.tar.xz \
+           file://autoconf-2.73.patch \
            file://add-with-bisonlocaledir.patch \
            "
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "9bba0214ccf7f1079c5d59210045227bcf619519840ebfa80cd3849cff5a5bf2"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils.inc
index ddcc05750b..03cf2a8d72 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils.inc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ BUGTRACKER = "http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=findutils"
 SECTION = "console/utils"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/${BPN}/${BP}.tar.xz \
+          file://autoconf-2.73.patch \
           file://run-ptest \
           "
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63728b5f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/findutils/findutils/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+The gnulib largefile macro needs updating to work with autoconf 2.73. Rather
+than the full code:
+
+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/m4/largefile.m4?id=f91f633858cf132e50924224c50d6264a92caabb
+
+Just tweak the exiting code to work with 2.73. The next findutils upgrade should
+update to new gnulib
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- findutils-4.9.0.orig/gl/m4/largefile.m4
++++ findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip-1.12/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip-1.12/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18f992beb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip-1.12/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+The gnulib largefile macro needs updating to work with autoconf 2.73. Rather
+than the full code:
+
+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/m4/largefile.m4?id=f91f633858cf132e50924224c50d6264a92caabb
+
+Just tweak the exiting code to work with 2.73. The next gzip upgrade should
+update to new gnulib
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- findutils-4.9.0.orig/m4/largefile.m4
++++ findutils-4.9.0/m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.12.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.12.bb
index 14de50b230..35eb7c4da2 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.12.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/gzip/gzip_1.12.bb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ require gzip.inc
 LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/gzip/${BP}.tar.gz \
+           file://autoconf-2.73.patch \
            file://run-ptest \
           "
 SRC_URI:append:class-target = " file://wrong-path-fix.patch"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive/configurehack.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive/configurehack.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f3989d99eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive/configurehack.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+To work with autoconf 2.73, tweak the macro ordering in configure.in.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: libarchive-3.6.2/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- libarchive-3.6.2.orig/configure.ac
++++ libarchive-3.6.2/configure.ac
+@@ -357,6 +357,19 @@ if test "x$with_bz2lib" != "xno"; then
+   esac
+ fi
+ 
++# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
++AC_C_CONST
++# la_TYPE_UID_T defaults to "int", which is incorrect for MinGW
++# and MSVC. Use a customized version.
++la_TYPE_UID_T
++AC_TYPE_MODE_T
++# AC_TYPE_OFF_T defaults to "long", which limits us to 4GB files on
++# most systems... default to "long long" instead.
++AC_CHECK_TYPE(off_t, [long long])
++AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
++AC_CHECK_TYPE(id_t, [unsigned long])
++AC_CHECK_TYPE(uintptr_t, [unsigned int])
++
+ AC_ARG_WITH([libb2],
+   AS_HELP_STRING([--without-libb2], [Don't build support for BLAKE2 through libb2]))
+ 
+@@ -558,19 +571,6 @@ LDFLAGS=$save_LDFLAGS
+ 
+ AC_SUBST(GC_SECTIONS)
+ 
+-# Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+-AC_C_CONST
+-# la_TYPE_UID_T defaults to "int", which is incorrect for MinGW
+-# and MSVC. Use a customized version.
+-la_TYPE_UID_T
+-AC_TYPE_MODE_T
+-# AC_TYPE_OFF_T defaults to "long", which limits us to 4GB files on
+-# most systems... default to "long long" instead.
+-AC_CHECK_TYPE(off_t, [long long])
+-AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+-AC_CHECK_TYPE(id_t, [unsigned long])
+-AC_CHECK_TYPE(uintptr_t, [unsigned int])
+-
+ # Check for tm_gmtoff in struct tm
+ AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct tm.tm_gmtoff, struct tm.__tm_gmtoff],,,
+ [
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.6.2.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.6.2.bb
index aafede3da8..bf14725dc1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.6.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libarchive/libarchive_3.6.2.bb
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ PACKAGECONFIG[zstd] = "--with-zstd,--without-zstd,zstd,"
 EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-largefile --without-iconv"
 
 SRC_URI = "http://libarchive.org/downloads/libarchive-${PV}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI += "file://configurehack.patch"
 UPSTREAM_CHECK_URI = "http://libarchive.org/"
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ba6d02f15ba04aba9c23fd5f236bb234eab9d5209e95d1c4df85c44d5f19b9b3"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libpipeline/libpipeline/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/libpipeline/libpipeline/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e61e5aa869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libpipeline/libpipeline/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+The gnulib largefile macro needs updating to work with autoconf 2.73. Rather
+than the full code:
+
+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/m4/largefile.m4?id=f91f633858cf132e50924224c50d6264a92caabb
+
+Just tweak the exiting code to work with 2.73. The next libpipeline upgrade should
+update to new gnulib
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- findutils-4.9.0.orig/gl/m4/largefile.m4
++++ findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/libpipeline/libpipeline_1.5.7.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/libpipeline/libpipeline_1.5.7.bb
index 73c7aaaa91..7e3f13ebde 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/libpipeline/libpipeline_1.5.7.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/libpipeline/libpipeline_1.5.7.bb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ LICENSE = "GPL-3.0-only"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464"
 
 SRC_URI = "${SAVANNAH_GNU_MIRROR}/libpipeline/libpipeline-${PV}.tar.gz"
+SRC_URI += "file://autoconf-2.73.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b8b45194989022a79ec1317f64a2a75b1551b2a55bea06f67704cb2a2e4690b0"
 
 inherit pkgconfig autotools
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/files/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/files/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c997a68e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/files/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+The gnulib largefile macro needs updating to work with autoconf 2.73. Rather
+than the full code:
+
+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/m4/largefile.m4?id=f91f633858cf132e50924224c50d6264a92caabb
+
+Just tweak the exiting code to work with 2.73. The next man-db upgrade should
+update to new gnulib
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+===================================================================
+--- findutils-4.9.0.orig/gl/m4/largefile.m4
++++ findutils-4.9.0/gl/m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # with _TIME_BITS.  Also, work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.11.2.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.11.2.bb
index ca0cb1a0e1..3884a531a6 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.11.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/man-db/man-db_2.11.2.bb
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=1ebbd3e34237af26da5dc08a4e440464 \
 SRC_URI = "${SAVANNAH_NONGNU_MIRROR}/man-db/man-db-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://99_mandb \
            file://0001-man-Move-local-variable-declaration-to-function-scop.patch \
+           file://autoconf-2.73.patch \
            file://man_db.conf-avoid-multilib-install-file-conflict.patch"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "cffa1ee4e974be78646c46508e6dd2f37e7c589aaab2938cc1064f058fef9f8d"
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/files/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/files/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..63dea88bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/files/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+The gnulib largefile macro needs updating to work with autoconf 2.73. Rather
+than the full code:
+
+https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gnulib.git/commit/m4/largefile.m4?id=f91f633858cf132e50924224c50d6264a92caabb
+
+Just tweak the exiting code to work with 2.73. The next parted upgrade should
+update to new gnulib
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+--- a/m4/largefile.m4
++++ b/m4/largefile.m4
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_SET_LARGEFILE_SOURCE],
+ # Work around a problem in autoconf <= 2.69:
+ # AC_SYS_LARGEFILE does not configure for large inodes on Mac OS X 10.5,
+ # or configures them incorrectly in some cases.
+-m4_version_prereq([2.70], [], [
++m4_version_prereq([2.73], [], [
+ 
+ # _AC_SYS_LARGEFILE_TEST_INCLUDES
+ # -------------------------------
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.6.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.6.bb
index a755e1c148..a537ef74db 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/parted/parted_3.6.bb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ DEPENDS = "ncurses util-linux virtual/libiconv"
 SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/parted/parted-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://fix-doc-mandir.patch \
            file://0001-fs-Add-libuuid-to-linker-flags-for-libparted-fs-resi.patch \
+           file://autoconf-2.73.patch \
            file://run-ptest \
            "
 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/apr/apr/autoconf-2.73.patch b/meta/recipes-support/apr/apr/autoconf-2.73.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a8b7a77566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/apr/apr/autoconf-2.73.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+To work with autoconf 2.73, tweak the macro ordering in configure.in.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+Index: apr-1.7.2/configure.in
+===================================================================
+--- apr-1.7.2.orig/configure.in
++++ apr-1.7.2/configure.in
+@@ -430,6 +430,8 @@ if test "$host" = "i586-pc-beos"; then
+   ) dnl
+ fi
+ 
++APR_CHECK_DEFINE(LOCK_EX, sys/file.h)
++
+ # this is the place to put specific options for platform/compiler
+ # combinations
+ case "$host:$CC" in
+@@ -2384,7 +2386,6 @@ AC_MSG_RESULT([$msg])
+ AC_SUBST(have_union_semun)
+ 
+ dnl Checks for libraries.
+-APR_CHECK_DEFINE(LOCK_EX, sys/file.h)
+ APR_CHECK_DEFINE(F_SETLK, fcntl.h)
+ APR_CHECK_DEFINE(SEM_UNDO, sys/sem.h)
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/apr/apr_1.7.4.bb b/meta/recipes-support/apr/apr_1.7.4.bb
index e571469341..5ac7f4b93f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-support/apr/apr_1.7.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/apr/apr_1.7.4.bb
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${APACHE_MIRROR}/apr/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://libtoolize_check.patch \
            file://0001-Add-option-to-disable-timed-dependant-tests.patch \
            file://0001-configure-Remove-runtime-test-for-mmap-that-can-map-.patch \
+           file://autoconf-2.73.patch \
            "
 
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "fc648de983f3a2a6c9e78dea1f180639bd2fad6c06d556d4367a701fe5c35577"