<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Dan Nicholson <<a href="mailto:dbn.lists@gmail.com">dbn.lists@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="h5">On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Vincent Torri <<a href="mailto:vincent.torri@gmail.com">vincent.torri@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > hey, > > we have a perfectly valid .pc file of a library, which works well on linux > and Windows. We use "pkg-config --variable=prefix mylib" to get the prefix. > On linux and windows, no problem. One of our user tried on mac os x, and the > command returns nothing. He compiled himself pkg-config. > > What is strange is that it occurs only for that precise .pc file. Other .pc > files have no problem at all. We are completely lost. > > does someone have an idea about the problem ? </div></div>Can you run "PKG_CONFIG_DEBUG_SPEW=1 pkg-config --variable=prefix mylib"? </blockquote><div> see below. Btw, it would be nice if you can comment a bit the output. Or maybe there are some doc about that. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Also, how have you built pkg-config? Are you using either of --with-installed-glib or --with-installed-popt? </blockquote><div> Actually, it's not me who compiled it. I'll ask the user thank you Vincent Torri > pkg-config --variable=prefix edje PKG_CONFIG_DEBUG_SPEW variable enabling debug spew Adding directory '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' from PKG_CONFIG_PATH Adding directory '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' from PKG_CONFIG_PATH Adding directory '/usr/local/share/pkgconfig' from PKG_CONFIG_PATH Global variable definition 'pc_sysrootdir' = '/' Global variable definition 'pc_top_builddir' = '$(top_builddir)' Option --variable seen Error printing disabled by default, value of --print-errors: 1 Error printing enabled Adding virtual 'pkg-config' package to list of known packages Scanning directory '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' Ignoring file '.' in search directory; not a .pc file Ignoring file '..' in search directory; not a .pc file File 'audiofile.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'audiofile' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ audiofile.pc' File 'dbus-1.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'dbus-1' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/dbus-1.pc' File 'ebluez.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ebluez' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ebluez.pc' File 'econnman.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'econnman' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/econnman.pc' File 'ecore-cocoa.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-cocoa' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ ecore-cocoa.pc' File 'ecore-con.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-con' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore- con.pc' File 'ecore-evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-evas' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore- evas.pc' File 'ecore-file.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-file' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore- file.pc' File 'ecore-imf-evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-imf-evas' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ ecore-imf-evas.pc' File 'ecore-imf.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-imf' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore- imf.pc' File 'ecore-input-evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-input-evas' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ ecore-input-evas.pc' File 'ecore-input.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-input' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ ecore-input.pc' File 'ecore-ipc.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-ipc' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore- ipc.pc' File 'ecore-x.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore-x' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore-x.pc' File 'ecore.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ecore' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore.pc' File 'edbus.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'edbus' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/edbus.pc' File 'edje.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'edje' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/edje.pc' File 'eet.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'eet' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eet.pc' File 'efreet-mime.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'efreet-mime' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ efreet-mime.pc' File 'efreet-trash.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'efreet-trash' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ efreet-trash.pc' File 'efreet.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'efreet' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/efreet.pc' File 'ehal.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'ehal' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ehal.pc' File 'eina-0.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'eina-0' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eina-0.pc' File 'embryo.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'embryo' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/embryo.pc' File 'enlightenment.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'enlightenment' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ enlightenment.pc' File 'enotify.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'enotify' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/enotify.pc' File 'eofono.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'eofono' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eofono.pc' File 'esound.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'esound' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/esound.pc' File 'eukit.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'eukit' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eukit.pc' File 'evas-quartz.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'evas-quartz' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/evas- quartz.pc' File 'evas-software-buffer.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'evas-software-buffer' in file '/usr/local/lib/ pkgconfig/evas-software-buffer.pc' File 'evas-software-x11.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'evas-software-x11' in file '/usr/local/lib/ pkgconfig/evas-software-x11.pc' File 'evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'evas' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/evas.pc' File 'everything.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'everything' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ everything.pc' File 'fontconfig.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'fontconfig' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ fontconfig.pc' File 'freetype2.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'freetype2' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ freetype2.pc' File 'imlib2.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'imlib2' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/imlib2.pc' File 'libpng.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'libpng' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libpng.pc' File 'libpng12.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'libpng12' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libpng12.pc' File 'libpng14.pc' appears to be a .pc file Will find package 'libpng14' in file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/libpng14.pc' Scanning directory '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' Ignoring file '.' in search directory; not a .pc file Ignoring file '..' in search directory; not a .pc file File 'audiofile.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'audiofile.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'audiofile' File 'dbus-1.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'dbus-1.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'dbus-1' File 'ebluez.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ebluez.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ebluez' File 'econnman.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'econnman.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'econnman' File 'ecore-cocoa.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-cocoa.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-cocoa' File 'ecore-con.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-con.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-con' File 'ecore-evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-evas.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-evas' File 'ecore-file.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-file.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-file' File 'ecore-imf-evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-imf-evas.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore- imf-evas' File 'ecore-imf.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-imf.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-imf' File 'ecore-input-evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-input-evas.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-input-evas' File 'ecore-input.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-input.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-input' File 'ecore-ipc.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-ipc.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-ipc' File 'ecore-x.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore-x.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore-x' File 'ecore.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ecore.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ecore' File 'edbus.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'edbus.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'edbus' File 'edje.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'edje.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'edje' File 'eet.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'eet.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'eet' File 'efreet-mime.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'efreet-mime.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'efreet-mime' File 'efreet-trash.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'efreet-trash.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'efreet-trash' File 'efreet.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'efreet.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'efreet' File 'ehal.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'ehal.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'ehal' File 'eina-0.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'eina-0.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'eina-0' File 'embryo.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'embryo.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'embryo' File 'enlightenment.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'enlightenment.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'enlightenment' File 'enotify.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'enotify.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'enotify' File 'eofono.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'eofono.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'eofono' File 'esound.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'esound.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'esound' File 'eukit.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'eukit.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'eukit' File 'evas-quartz.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'evas-quartz.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'evas-quartz' File 'evas-software-buffer.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'evas-software-buffer.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'evas-software-buffer' File 'evas-software-x11.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'evas-software-x11.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'evas-software-x11' File 'evas.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'evas.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'evas' File 'everything.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'everything.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'everything' File 'fontconfig.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'fontconfig.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'fontconfig' File 'freetype2.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'freetype2.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'freetype2' File 'imlib2.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'imlib2.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'imlib2' File 'libpng.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'libpng.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'libpng' File 'libpng12.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'libpng12.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'libpng12' File 'libpng14.pc' appears to be a .pc file File 'libpng14.pc' ignored, we already know about package 'libpng14' Cannot open directory '/usr/local/share/pkgconfig' in package search path: No such file or directory Looking for package 'edje' Looking for package 'edje-uninstalled' Reading 'edje' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/edje.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/edje.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line>datarootdir=${prefix}/share Variable declaration, 'datarootdir' has value '/usr/local/share' line>datadir=${datarootdir}/edje Variable declaration, 'datadir' has value '/usr/local/share/edje' line> line>Name: edje line>Description: Enlightened graphical design and layout engine. line>Requires.private: ecore-imf-evas ecore-imf lua embryo ecore evas eet eina-0 Looking for package 'ecore-imf-evas' Looking for package 'ecore-imf-evas-uninstalled' Reading 'ecore-imf-evas' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore-imf- evas.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore-imf-evas.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: ecore-imf-evas line>Description: E core library, IMF Evas module line>Requires.private: ecore-imf evas ecore eina-0 Looking for package 'ecore-imf' Looking for package 'ecore-imf-uninstalled' Reading 'ecore-imf' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore-imf.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore-imf.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: ecore-imf line>Description: E core library, IMF module line>Requires.private: ecore eina-0 Looking for package 'ecore' Looking for package 'ecore-uninstalled' Reading 'ecore' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: ecore line>Description: Ecore event abstraction library line>Requires.private: eina-0 Looking for package 'eina-0' Looking for package 'eina-0-uninstalled' Reading 'eina-0' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eina-0.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eina-0.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: Eina line>Description: A Library that implements fast data types and miscellaneous tools line>Requires.private: line>Version: 0.9.9.49791 line>Libs: -L${libdir} -leina line>Libs.private: -ldl Unknown keyword 'Libs.private' in '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eina-0.pc' line>Cflags: -I${includedir}/eina-0 -I${includedir}/eina-0/eina Path position of 'Eina' is 1 Adding 'eina-0' to list of known packages, returning as package 'eina-0' line>Version: 0.9.9.49791 line>Libs: -L${libdir} -lecore line>Libs.private: -lm Unknown keyword 'Libs.private' in '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ecore.pc' line>Cflags: -I${includedir} Path position of 'ecore' is 1 Adding 'ecore' to list of known packages, returning as package 'ecore' line>Version: 0.9.9.49791 line>Libs: -L${libdir} -lecore_imf line>Cflags: -I${includedir} Path position of 'ecore-imf' is 1 Adding 'ecore-imf' to list of known packages, returning as package 'ecore-imf' Looking for package 'evas' Looking for package 'evas-uninstalled' Reading 'evas' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/evas.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/evas.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: evas line>Description: Evas canvas display library line>Requires.private: eet fontconfig freetype2 eina-0 Looking for package 'eet' Looking for package 'eet-uninstalled' Reading 'eet' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eet.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eet.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: eet line>Description: Library for speedy data storage, retrieval, and compression line>Requires.private: eina-0 line>Version: 1.3.1.49791 line>Libs: -L${libdir} -leet line>Libs.private: -ljpeg -lz -lm Unknown keyword 'Libs.private' in '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eet.pc' line>Cflags: -I${includedir} line>Cflags.private: Unknown keyword 'Cflags.private' in '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/eet.pc' Path position of 'eet' is 1 Adding 'eet' to list of known packages, returning as package 'eet' Looking for package 'fontconfig' Looking for package 'fontconfig-uninstalled' Reading 'fontconfig' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: Fontconfig line>Description: Font configuration and customization library line>Version: 2.8.0 line>Libs: -L${libdir} -lfontconfig line>Libs.private: -lexpat -L/usr/X11/lib -lfreetype -lz -liconv Unknown keyword 'Libs.private' in '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc' line>Cflags: -I${includedir} Path position of 'Fontconfig' is 1 Adding 'fontconfig' to list of known packages, returning as package 'fontconfig' Looking for package 'freetype2' Looking for package 'freetype2-uninstalled' Reading 'freetype2' from file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc' Parsing package file '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc' line>prefix=/usr/local Variable declaration, 'prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>exec_prefix=${prefix} Variable declaration, 'exec_prefix' has value '/usr/local' line>libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib Variable declaration, 'libdir' has value '/usr/local/lib' line>includedir=${prefix}/include Variable declaration, 'includedir' has value '/usr/local/include' line> line>Name: FreeType 2 line>Description: A free, high-quality, and portable font engine. line>Version: 10.0.4 line>Requires: line>Libs: -L${libdir} -lfreetype line>Libs.private: -lz Unknown keyword 'Libs.private' in '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc' line>Cflags: -I${includedir}/freetype2 -I${includedir} Path position of 'FreeType 2' is 1 Adding 'freetype2' to list of known packages, returning as package 'freetype2' line>Version: 0.9.9.49791 line>Libs: -L${libdir} -levas line>Libs.private: -lpthread Unknown keyword 'Libs.private' in '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/evas.pc' line>Cflags: -I${includedir} Path position of 'evas' is 1 Adding 'evas' to list of known packages, returning as package 'evas' line>Version: 0.9.9.49791 line>Libs: -L${libdir} -lecore_imf_evas line>Cflags: -I${includedir} Path position of 'ecore-imf-evas' is 1 Adding 'ecore-imf-evas' to list of known packages, returning as package 'ecore-imf-evas' Looking for package 'lua' Looking for package 'lua-uninstalled' Looking for 'lua' using legacy -config scripts Calling gnome-config Package lua was not found in the pkg-config search path. Perhaps you should add the directory containing `lua.pc' to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable Package 'lua', required by 'edje', not found </div></div>