New comment by pullmoll on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/28234#issuecomment-767429453 Comment: Ok, got it. **Removing** the `--host=${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}` from the `configure_args` fixes it. So it seems that when the `configure_args` are expanded that `$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE` is empty npw.