NOTE: Resolving missing task queue dependencies
NOTE: preferred version 2.5 of glibc not available (for item virtual/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-libc-for-gcc)
NOTE: Preparing Runqueue
NOTE: Executing runqueue
NOTE: Running task 528 of 575 (ID: 4, /builds/n2100//openembedded/packages/images/bootstrap-image.bb, do_configure)
NOTE: package bootstrap-image-1.0: started
NOTE: package bootstrap-image-1.0-r0: task do_configure: started
ERROR: function do_configure failed
ERROR: see log in /builds/n2100//tmp/work/n2100-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bootstrap-image-1.0-r0/temp/log.do_configure.18960
NOTE: Task failed: /builds/n2100//tmp/work/n2100-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bootstrap-image-1.0-r0/temp/log.do_configure.18960
NOTE: package bootstrap-image-1.0-r0: task do_configure: failed
ERROR: TaskFailed event exception, aborting
NOTE: package bootstrap-image-1.0: failed
ERROR: Build of /builds/n2100//openembedded/packages/images/bootstrap-image.bb do_configure failed
ERROR: Task 4 (/builds/n2100//openembedded/packages/images/bootstrap-image.bb, do_configure) failed
ERROR: '/builds/n2100//openembedded/packages/images/bootstrap-image.bb' failed


log output:

/builds/n2100//tmp/work/n2100-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/bootstrap-image-1.0-r0/temp/run.do_configure.18960: line 264: syntax error near unexpected token `('

relevant bit of run.do_configure:

runstrip() {
        # Function to strip a single file, called from RUNSTRIP in populate_packages below
        # A working 'file' (one which works on the target architecture)
        # is necessary for this stuff to work, hence the addition to PACKAGES_DEPENDS

        local ro st

        st=0
        if {    file "$1" || {
                        oewarn "file $1: failed (forced strip)" >&2
                        echo 'not stripped'
                }
           } | grep -q 'not stripped'
        then


If fails on the "oewarn" line