From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mark H Weaver Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: bug#14093: configure for build problem Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:36:07 -0400 Message-ID: <87hajr60pk.fsf@tines.lan> References: <20130319000429.2304@binki> <87ppyg8o28.fsf@gnu.org> <20130331164949.2152@binki> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1364744241 32267 80.91.229.3 (31 Mar 2013 15:37:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:37:21 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= , 14093@debbugs.gnu.org To: "d.henman" Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 31 17:37:47 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-bugs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKKJ-00078q-IC for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:37:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47292 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKJv-0000Af-2f for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:37:23 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:57742) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKJp-0000AQ-3I for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:37:21 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKJn-0003h4-I5 for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:37:17 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50200) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKJn-0003h0-Eq for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:37:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKMU-0001PI-D3 for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:40:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Mark H Weaver Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-guile@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:40:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 14093 X-GNU-PR-Package: guile X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 14093-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B14093.13647443545329 (code B ref 14093); Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:40:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14093) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Mar 2013 15:39:14 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54309 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKLh-0001Nt-R7 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:39:14 -0400 Original-Received: from world.peace.net ([96.39.62.75]:53884) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKLf-0001Nm-3v for 14093@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:39:12 -0400 Original-Received: from 209-6-91-212.c3-0.smr-ubr1.sbo-smr.ma.cable.rcn.com ([209.6.91.212] helo=tines.lan) by world.peace.net with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UMKIq-0008R8-G6; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 11:36:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130331164949.2152@binki> (d. henman's message of "Sun, 31 Mar 2013 16:49:49 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-guile@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GUILE, GNU's Ubiquitous Extension Language" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.bugs:7043 Archived-At: Hi, Please keep <14093@debbugs.gnu.org> in the CC line, so that your messages related to this bug will be included in the relevant entry in our bug tracking system. Thanks, Mark "d.henman" writes: > Ludovic and Mark, > thanks for answering my query. > >> The configure script checks for libffi via the pkg-config tool. >>=20 >> What does =E2=80=98pkg-config libffi --cflags --libs=E2=80=99 return on = your machine? > > $ pkg-config libffi --cflags --libs > Package libffi was not found in the pkg-config search path. > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libffi.pc' > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable > No package 'libffi' found > > I'm looking for information at cygwin and also=20 > about gettnig the ffi.h file as Mark suggested. > > > Regards "d.henman" writes: > Mark H Weaver wrote: >> > $ configure >> > .... >> > checking for LIBFFI... configure: error: Package requirements (libffi)= were not met: >> > >> > No package 'libffi' found >>=20 >> A few questions: >> * Do you have "ffi.h" on your system? If so, where? > > I found ffi.h in /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-cygwin/4.5.3/include/ffi.h > >> * Do you have "libffi.pc" on your system? If so, where? > .. but there is no libffi.pc > >> * Do you have the 'pkg-config' command installed? > yes >=20=20 >> I'm not very familiar with cygwin, so maybe someone else could help you >> more efficiently, but if you have the 'pkg-config' command and can find >> "libffi.pc", then it might be sufficient to do (before running >> ./configure): >>=20 >> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=3D/DIRECTORY_THAT_CONTAINS_LIBFFI_DOT_PC >>=20 >> Otherwise, as a fall-back plan: if you can find "ffi.h", then it might >> be sufficient to do (before running ./configure): >>=20 >> export LIBFFI_CFLAGS=3D-I/DIRECTORY_THAT_CONTAINS_FFI_DOT_H >> export LIBFFI_LIBS=3D-lffi > > I'll try this on the morrow. >=20=20 >> Please let us know how this works out. >>=20 >> Regards, >> Mark