shepherd: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd

shepherd: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd

[Attila Lendvai]

i've pulled and reconfigured into the recently merged core-updates changes, and then i tried to compile shepherd from a git checkout of the devel branch.


$ ./configure
[...]
./configure: line 7268: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found
configure: error: pkg-config is missing, please install it
$ pkg-config --version
0.29.2


then i tried to autoconf it:


$ autoconf
configure.ac:52: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
aclocal.m4:49: GUILE_PKG is expanded from...
configure.ac:52: the top level

the referenced line is this: GUILE_PKG([3.0])

i.e. guile seems to be involved somehow.

any ideas?

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Re: shepherd: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd

[Felix Lechner via Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution.]

Hi Attila,

On Sat, Sep 14 2024, Attila Lendvai wrote:

> configure.ac:52: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
> aclocal.m4:49: GUILE_PKG is expanded from...
> configure.ac:52: the top level

I haven't seen that error, but my Guile installation requires several m4
files from gnulib to be present in order to work correctly. [1]

Kind regards
Felix

[1] https://codeberg.org/lechner/guile-pam/src/commit/91e22649baa0c7d4cbbcdf157f8ad24437d6fcb2/guix.scm#L113

Re: shepherd: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi,

Attila Lendvai <attila@lendvai.name> skribis:

> $ ./configure
> [...]
> ./configure: line 7268: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG: command not found
> configure: error: pkg-config is missing, please install it
> $ pkg-config --version
> 0.29.2
>
>
> then i tried to autoconf it:
>
>
> $ autoconf
> configure.ac:52: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not m4_defun'd
> aclocal.m4:49: GUILE_PKG is expanded from...
> configure.ac:52: the top level
>
> the referenced line is this: GUILE_PKG([3.0])

You need both ‘pkg.m4’ and ‘guile.m4’ in $ACLOCAL_PATH when running
‘autoconf’ (this is done automatically if you use ‘guix shell’).

Commit d69163a37f5cffc08d37c3c8f363400e284c2772 adds a couple of
patterns that let ‘autoconf’ diagnose lack of ‘pkg.m4’ upfront instead
of what you describe above.

HTH,
Ludo’.