1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
index 82ed36816b..5ef3a89402 100644
--- a/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/autotools.bbclass
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ autotools_do_configure() {
                         else
                           CONFIGURE_AC=configure.ac
                         fi
-                        if grep "^AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
+                        if grep "^[[:space:]]*AM_GLIB_GNU_GETTEXT" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
                           if grep "sed.*POTFILES" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
                             : do nothing -- we still have an old unmodified configure.ac
                           else
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ autotools_do_configure() {
                             echo "no" | glib-gettextize --force --copy
                           fi
                         fi
-                        if grep "^[AI][CT]_PROG_INTLTOOL" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
+                        mkdir -p m4
+                        if grep "^[[:space:]]*[AI][CT]_PROG_INTLTOOL" $CONFIGURE_AC >/dev/null; then
                           oenote Executing intltoolize --copy --force --automake
                           intltoolize --copy --force --automake
                         fi
                         oenote Executing autoreconf --verbose --install --force ${EXTRA_AUTORECONF} $acpaths
-                        mkdir -p m4
                         autoreconf -Wcross --verbose --install --force ${EXTRA_AUTORECONF} $acpaths || oefatal "autoreconf execution failed."
                         cd $olddir
                 fi