pcre.h not found

[Jan Šmydke <jan.smydke%jh-inst.cas.cz@localhost>]

Hi,

I am trying to build my wip/octave pkg (which works on Slackware Linux;
actually Salix) on Debian and OpenSuSe but the configure stage fails
with

checking for Fortran 77 libraries of f77...
-L/usr/pkgsrc/wip/octave/work/.buildlink/lib
-L/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3
-L/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../lib64
-L/lib/../lib64 -L/usr/lib/../lib64
-L/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../../../x86_64-suse-linux/lib
-L/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.3/../../.. -R/usr/pkg/lib
-lgfortranbegin -lgfortran -lm checking for dummy main to link with
Fortran 77 libraries... none checking for Fortran 77 name-mangling
scheme... lower case, underscore, no extra underscore configure:
defining FFLAGS to be -O checking whether f77 generates correct size
integers... yes checking whether f77 accepts -ffloat-store... yes
setting F77_FLOAT_STORE_FLAG to -ffloat-store checking for IEEE 754
data format... yes checking whether complex class can set components
independently... no checking whether complex class can reference
components independently... yes configure: WARNING: Qhull library not
found -- this will result in loss of functionality of some geometry
functions. checking whether pcre.h defines the macros we need... no
configure: error: to build Octave, you must have the PCRE library and
header files installed *** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/wip/octave
*** Error code 1

Stop.
bmake: stopped in /usr/pkgsrc/wip/octave

I have the pcre pkg installed (as a dep - automatically). Why does
pkgsrc not see /usr/pkg/include/pcre.h??? Or how to correct it?

Thanks for any tip.
JS