Configure errors under yocto

[<colin helliwell ln-systems com>]

Just trying to migrate my build from 1.4.2 (from a tarball) to 1.6 (from
git), but getting some errors in the configure.
I am passing some additional configure options, but this seems to be
something more basic?

$ ls
tmp/work/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/git/bu
ild-aux
compile  config.guess  config.sub  depcomp  install-sh  ltmain.sh  missing
tap-driver.sh  test-driver

(I also need the same 'touch ${S}/ABOUT-NLS' that I need for building
ModemManager -
https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/modemmanager-devel/2017-February/0039
41.html )


DEBUG: Executing python function sysroot_cleansstate
DEBUG: Python function sysroot_cleansstate finished
DEBUG: SITE files ['endian-little', 'bit-32', 'arm-common', 'arm-32',
'common-linux', 'common-glibc', 'arm-linux', 'arm-linux-gnueabi', 'common']
DEBUG: Executing shell function autotools_preconfigure
DEBUG: Shell function autotools_preconfigure finished
DEBUG: Executing python function autotools_copy_aclocals
DEBUG: SITE files ['endian-little', 'bit-32', 'arm-common', 'arm-32',
'common-linux', 'common-glibc', 'arm-linux', 'arm-linux-gnueabi', 'common']
DEBUG: Python function autotools_copy_aclocals finished
DEBUG: Executing shell function do_configure
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AUTOV is 1
NOTE: Executing intltoolize --copy --force --automake
NOTE: Executing ACLOCAL="aclocal
--system-acdir=/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/work/cort
exa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/build/aclocal-copy/
" autoreconf --verbose --install --force --exclude=autopoint -I
/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon
-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/git/m4/
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: running: aclocal
--system-acdir=/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/work/cort
exa9hf-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/build/aclocal-copy/
-I
/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon
-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/git/m4/ -I
/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/work/cortexa9hf-vfp-neon
-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/git/m4/ --force
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: configure.ac: creating directory build-aux
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy --force
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, 'build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file 'build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIRS, 'm4'.
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file 'm4/lt~obsolete.m4'
libtoolize: Consider adding '-I m4' to ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS in Makefile.am.
autoreconf: running:
/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/us
r/bin/autoconf
--include=/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/work/cortexa9h
f-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/git/m4/ --force
autoreconf: running:
/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/us
r/bin/autoheader
--include=/home/colin/100051-karo/fsl-community-bsp/build/tmp/work/cortexa9h
f-vfp-neon-poky-linux-gnueabi/networkmanager/1.6-r0/git/m4/ --force
autoreconf: running: automake --add-missing --copy --force-missing
configure.ac:24: installing 'build-aux/compile'
configure.ac:43: installing 'build-aux/config.guess'
configure.ac:68: error: required file 'build-aux/config.rpath' not found
configure.ac:43: installing 'build-aux/config.sub'
configure.ac:19: installing 'build-aux/install-sh'
configure.ac:19: installing 'build-aux/missing'
configure.ac:17: installing 'build-aux/tap-driver.sh'
Makefile.am: installing './INSTALL'
Makefile.am: installing 'build-aux/depcomp'
parallel-tests: installing 'build-aux/test-driver'
automake: error: cannot open < gtk-doc.make: No such file or directory
autoreconf: automake failed with exit status: 1
ERROR: autoreconf execution failed.