Add %_configure_use_runstatedir to disable --runstatedir

buildflags.md

@@ -124,6 +124,16 @@ are set as well during libtool-.  This can be switched off using:
 
 Further patching happens in LTO mode, see below.
 
+### Other autotools compatibility settings
+
+During `%configure`, `--runstatedir` is automatically passed to the
+`configure` script if support for this option is detected.  This
+detection can fail if the package has multiple `configure` scripts
+that invoke each other, and only some of them support `--runstatedir`.
+To disable passing `--runstatedir`, use:
+
+    %undefine _configure_use_runstatedir
+
 ### Disabling Link-Time Optimization
 
 By default, builds use link-time optimization.  In this build mode,

macros

@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ print(result)
 # way to turn it back off.
 # %_configure_disable_silent_rules 1
 
+# Pass --runstatedir to configure.
+%_configure_use_runstatedir 1
+
 # This fixes various easy resolved configure tests that are compromised by LTO.
 #
 # We use this within the standard %configure macro, but also make it available
@@ -217,7 +220,7 @@ print(result)
 	--libdir=%{_libdir} \\\
 	--libexecdir=%{_libexecdir} \\\
 	--localstatedir=%{_localstatedir} \\\
-	$(grep -q "runstatedir=DIR" %{_configure} && echo '--runstatedir=%{_runstatedir}') \\\
+	%{?_configure_use_runstatedir:$(grep -q "runstatedir=DIR" %{_configure} && echo '--runstatedir=%{_runstatedir}')} \\\
 	--sharedstatedir=%{_sharedstatedir} \\\
 	--mandir=%{_mandir} \\\
 	--infodir=%{_infodir}

redhat-rpm-config.spec

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # 2) When making changes, increment the version (in baserelease) by 1.
 #    rpmdev-bumpspec and other tools update the macro below, which is used
 #    in Version: to get the desired effect.
-%global baserelease 234
+%global baserelease 235
 
 Summary: Red Hat specific rpm configuration files
 Name: redhat-rpm-config
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ install -p -m 644 -t %{buildroot}%{_rpmluadir}/fedora/srpm forge.lua
 %doc buildflags.md
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Dec 10 2022 Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> - 235-1
+- Add %%_configure_use_runstatedir to disable --runstatedir configure option
+
 * Fri Nov  4 2022 Tom Stellard <tstellar@redhat.com> - 234-1
 - Remove unsupported arches from rpmrc