Re: CVS commit: pkgsrc/lang/ruby193-base

[Hans Rosenfeld <rosenfeld%grumpf.hope-2000.org@localhost>]

On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 05:51:39PM +0000, David Holland wrote:
> On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 06:49:59PM +0200, Hans Rosenfeld wrote:
>  > > > Modified Files:
>  > > >        pkgsrc/lang/ruby193-base: Makefile
>  > > > 
>  > > > Log Message:
>  > > > Prevent configure from using some random pkg-config tool found on the
>  > > > system. Fixes build on SunOS 5.10.
>  > > I wonder which is better solution whether patching configure script or
>  > > adding pkg-config to USE_TOOLS.
>  > 
>  > When debugging this I tried adding pkg-config to USE_TOOLS, but that
>  > fails miserably and probably only on SunOS. The script calls pkg-config
>  > with PKG_CONFIG_DIRS=. set, which is removed by our pkg-config wrapper
>  > and replaced with the buildlinked pkg-config directories. This in turn
>  > causes the pkg-config call to fail as it can't find ruby.tmp.pc.
> 
> If it's using pkg-config, pkg-config should be in USE_TOOLS. I believe
> there's a way to fix this issue properly...


I don't. Feel free to prove me wrong.

Btw., pkg-config is only used when it is available, and only to verify
that the created .pc file is ok. It works very well without it.


Hans


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