[sr #110550] File expected to be at /usr/bin/file, isn't on ChromeOS

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                 Summary: File expected to be at /usr/bin/file, isn't on
ChromeOS
                 Project: GNU Libtool
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Sun 17 Oct 2021 04:47:52 AM UTC
                Category: None
                Priority: 5 - Normal
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Originator Email: 
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: GNU/Linux

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Details:

I'm a developer for Chromebrew, a package manager for ChromeOS.

We've had a problem with most all configure scripts: `file` is expected at
`/usr/bin/file`, but ChromeOS doesn't ship with `file`, so we have to provide
it at `/usr/local/bin/file`. `./configure` scripts generated with `autoconf`
are unaware of this and, instead of looking for the location of `file`, raise
an error:

./configure: line 6712: /usr/bin/file: No such file or directory

This particular error is an example from the latest version of `libsigsegv`

I thought this was an `autoconf` bug, hence the bug report filed here
<https://savannah.gnu.org/support/index.php?110549> but as it turns out, this
is trickling down from `libtool`, specifically the files `ltmain.sh` and
`libtool.m4`

Autoconf and libtool are both at latest versions (2.71 and 2.4.6
respectively)

As I've never reported a bug of this type, I don't know what other information
would be helpful (logs, etc.), so please don't hesitate to let me know.




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