Get the version of mklibs by simpler means. The MKLIBS_VERSION string in the configure.ac file is replaced with real version string by the do_configure_prepend() function from the recipe .bb file. Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration] Nitin A Kamble Date: 2011/01/24 Index: mklibs/configure.ac =================================================================== --- mklibs.orig/configure.ac 2010-02-21 17:34:56.000000000 -0800 +++ mklibs/configure.ac 2011-01-24 18:52:19.943242079 -0800 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -AC_INIT([mklibs],m4_esyscmd(dpkg-parsechangelog | perl -ne 'print $1 if m/^Version: (.*)$/;')) +AC_INIT([mklibs], MKLIBS_VERSION) AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign no-define]) AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h]) AM_MAINTAINER_MODE