1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
index fb5db78f69..de2ed3108e 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/tar/tar.inc
@@ -10,6 +10,12 @@ inherit autotools gettext texinfo
 
 EXTRA_OECONF += "DEFAULT_RMT_DIR=${base_sbindir}"
 
+# Let aclocal use the relative path for the m4 file rather than the
+# absolute since tar has a lot of m4 files, otherwise there might
+# be an "Argument list too long" error when it is built in a long/deep
+# directory.
+acpaths = "-I ./m4"
+
 EXTRAINSTALL = "do_install_extra"
 EXTRAINSTALL_class-nativesdk = ""