Re: pkg/58614: mail/opendmarc fails to build with pkg-config not found

[gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/58614; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Greg Oster <oster%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/58614: mail/opendmarc fails to build with pkg-config not
 found
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 17:47:47 -0600

 On 2024-08-17 15.10, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
 > The following reply was made to PR pkg/58614; it has been noted by GNATS.
 > 
 > From: Thomas Klausner <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 > To: NetBSD bugtracking <gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost>
 > Cc:
 > Subject: Re: pkg/58614: mail/opendmarc fails to build with pkg-config not
 >   found
 > Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2024 23:07:08 +0200
 > 
 >   On Sat, Aug 17, 2024 at 07:50:01PM +0000, oster%netbsd.org@localhost wrote:
 >   > checking whether to build static libraries... yes
 >   > checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... no
 >   > configure: error: pkg-config not found
 >   > *** Error code 1
 >   
 >   I don't know the proper solution, but the proper workaround is
 >   
 >   1. build in a sandbox with just the required dependencies installed, or
 >   
 >   2. pkg_delete pkgconf pkg-config # depending on which you have installed)
 >   
 >   then the build will succeed.
 >    Thomas
 >   
 
 I had tried a sandbox with no packages installed, and just installing 
 opendmarc ("cd /usr/pkgsrc/mail/opendmarc && make install") on a test 
 box, but that didn't work for me...
 
 "pkg_delete pkgconf" does work as a work-around.
 
 Thanks.
 
 Later...
 
 Greg Oster