From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.bugs Subject: bug#14093: configure for build problem Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:28:47 +0100 Message-ID: <87ppyg8o28.fsf@gnu.org> References: <20130319000429.2304@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 1364686166 32763 80.91.229.3 (30 Mar 2013 23:29:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:29:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 14093@debbugs.gnu.org To: "d.henman" Original-X-From: bug-guile-bounces+guile-bugs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Mar 31 00:29:54 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 1UM5Dc-0003xb-CJ for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:29:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37234 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UM5DD-0007VH-I9 for guile-bugs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:29:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:53820) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UM5D8-0007S9-Ap for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UM5D5-0004F2-1T for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:29:22 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49179) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UM5D4-0004Ex-RI for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:29:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UM5Fi-0000YI-8N for bug-guile@gnu.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:32:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-guile@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:32:02 +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=B14093.13646862952081 (code B ref 14093); Sat, 30 Mar 2013 23:32:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 14093) by debbugs.gnu.org; 30 Mar 2013 23:31:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53288 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UM5FH-0000XW-Mr for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:31:35 -0400 Original-Received: from xanadu.aquilenet.fr ([88.191.123.111]:37743) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UM5FF-0000XL-Qk for 14093@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 30 Mar 2013 19:31:35 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xanadu.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6C11C836; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:28:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from xanadu.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (xanadu.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id La9O4NFCEZgE; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:28:48 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from pluto (reverse-83.fdn.fr [80.67.176.83]) by xanadu.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 3D75AC7F6; Sun, 31 Mar 2013 00:28:48 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <20130319000429.2304@binki> (d. henman's message of "Tue, 19 Mar 2013 00:04:29 +1000") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130005 (Ma Gnus v0.5) 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:7037 Archived-At: Hi, "d.henman" skribis: > checking for LIBFFI... configure: error: Package requirements (libffi) we= re not met: > > No package 'libffi' found [...] > # However when I do: > > $ ls /bin/*ffi* > /bin/cygffi-4.dll=20 > > This location is standard in my opion. The configure script checks for libffi via the pkg-config tool. What does =E2=80=98pkg-config libffi --cflags --libs=E2=80=99 return on you= r machine? If it shows an error, this means that either the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable does not contain the directory where libffi.pc is, or that the file libffi.pc is missing from your libffi installation. HTH, Ludo=E2=80=99.