[SOLVED] pkg-config mystery

Bertical · 05-18-2017, 03:10 PM

Code:

[titch@quackers ~]$ pkg-config --variable pc_path pkg-config
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig

Code:

[titch@quackers ~]$ set | grep PKG_CONFIG
PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/local/share/pkgconfig:/usr/lib64/pkgconfig:/usr/share/pkgconfig

Code:

[titch@quackers ~]$ pkg-config --list-all

Nothing ! There's over 800 modules in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig ! Why don't they list ? Slackware64-current.

GazL · 05-18-2017, 03:55 PM

It's because gkrellm.pc is corrupt (it has literal '\n' rather than a real \n).
You can fix it with a sed -i -e 's/\\n/\n/g' /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/gkrellm.pc

I found it by doing a pkg-config --validate *.pc in /usr/lib64/pkgconfig

P.S. I'll mention this in the 'requests for current thread' so Pat picks it up.

Bertical · 05-20-2017, 01:52 PM

Chapeau sir ! Well spotted.

USUARIONUEVO · 05-20-2017, 02:33 PM

Wow , in 14.2 i got this

Quote:

pkg-config --validate /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/*.pc

Quote:

Package '/gkrellm' has no Name: field

Richard Cranium · 05-20-2017, 07:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by USUARIONUEVO

Wow , in 14.2 i got this

Yep, it's been broken a while, it seems.

Code:

cranium@toshiba:~$ cat /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/gkrellm.pc 
prefix=/usr\nName: GKrellM\nDescription: Extensible GTK system monitoring application\nVersion: 2.3.7\nRequires: gtk+-2.0 >= 2.4.0\nCflags: -I/usr/include\n
cranium@toshiba:~$  pkg-config --list-all | grep gkrellm
cranium@toshiba:~$

gmgf · 05-21-2017, 01:26 AM

The latest release (2.3.10) compiled with the Pat, SlackBuild, Does not seem to have this problem.

willysr · 05-21-2017, 02:01 AM

Apparently, it has been fixed since almost 1 year ago via this commit