[Fontconfig] Packaging fontconfig for redistribution

[Pat Suwalski]

Wouldn't your situation be more correct with "--prefix=/usr" and with 
install command like so:

	make install DESTDIR=$BUILD_DEST

You can also experiment with --sysconfdir=/etc or however you need it.

--Pat

Lupusoru, Razvan A wrote:
> Hello,
> 
>  
> 
> I am trying to get GTK working for an IA32 system. I am using an Ubuntu 
> 8.04.1 development box. I am using a gcc and ld specific to my IA32 system.
> 
>  
> 
> This is my makefile:
> 
> ###################################
> 
> BUILD_DEST = /i686-custom-kernel
> 
> CC = $(BUILD_DEST)/bin/i686-linux-gcc
> 
> CPP = $(CC) –E
> 
> CXX = $(BUILD_DEST)/bin/i686-linux-g++
> 
> LD = $(BUILD_DEST)/bin/i686-linux-ld
> 
> GTKINSTALLPATH = $(BUILD_DEST)
> 
> export
> 
>  
> 
> all:
> 
>                 ./buildgtk
> 
> ###################################
> 
>  
> 
> And this is the fontconfig portion of my buildgtk script:
> 
> ###################################
> 
> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$BUILD_DEST/lib
> 
> export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$BUILD_DEST/lib/pkgconfig
> 
> export CPPFLAGS=”-I$BUILD_DEST/include -I$BUILD_DEST/include/libxml2 
> -I$BUILD_DEST/include/freetype2 -I$BUILD_DEST/include/glib-2.0 
> -I$BUILD_DEST/include/atk-1.0 -I$BUILD_DEST/include/pango-1.0 
> -I$BUILD_DEST/include/pixman-1 -I$BUILD_DEST/include/cairo”
> 
> export CFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS}
> 
> export CXXFLAGS=${CPPFLAGS}
> 
> export LDFLAGS=”-L$BUILD_DEST/lib”
> 
> export FREETYPE_CFLAGS=”-I$BUILD_DEST/include/ 
> -I$BUILD_DEST/include/freetype2”
> 
> export FREETYPE_LIBS=”-L$BUILD_DEST/lib –lfreetype”
> 
> export FREETYPE_CONFIG=$BUILD_DEST/bin/freetype-config
> 
> export CAIRO_CFLAGS=”-I$BUILD_DEST/include/cairo”
> 
> export CAIRO_LIBS=”-L$BUILD_DEST/lib –lcairo”
> 
> export PANGO_CFLAGS=”-I$BUILD_DEST/include/pango-1.0 -I$BUILD_DEST/include”
> 
> export PANGO_LIBS=”-L$BUILD_DEST/lib –lpango-1.0 –lpangocairo-1.0 
> –lpangoft2-1.0”
> 
> export FONTCONFIG_CFLAGS=”-I$BUILD_DEST/include”
> 
> export FONTCONFIG_LIBS=”-L$BUILD_DEST/lib”
> 
>  
> 
> # … a bunch of stuff in between to build glib, pixman, freetype, atk, 
> and all other dependencies…
> 
>  
> 
> ./configure –prefix= --enable-shared --enable-libxml2 
> --with-freetype-config=$BUILD_DEST/bin/freetype-config --disable-docs 
> --host=i686-linux && \
> 
> make && \
> 
> make bindir=${GTKINSTALLPATH}/bin \
> 
>                 sbindir=${GTKINSTALLPATH}/sbin \
> 
>                 includedir=${GTKINSTALLPATH}/include \
> 
>                 libdir=${GTKINSTALLPATH}/lib \
> 
>                 datarootdir=${GTKINSTALLPATH}/share \
> 
>                 mandir=${GTKINSTALLPATH}/share/man \
> 
>                 install
> 
> ###################################
> 
>  
> 
> The problem arises because I am building this so then I can transfer it 
> to my IA32 system. The contents of $BUILD_DEST are actually the contents 
> of the root on my IA32 system. But because I need to build all of the 
> components for GTK on my system, the paths are set incorrectly.
> 
>  
> 
> I fix the “prefix” portion of all of the .pc files to make them point to 
> $BUILD_DEST. However, when I try to compile pango, I get the following 
> error:
> 
> ###################################
> 
> grep: /lib/libfontconfig.la: No such file or directory
> 
> libtool: link: `/lib/libfontconfig.la’ is not a valid libtool archive
> 
> ###################################
> 
>  
> 
> This is caused because fontconfig thinks that its path is actually in 
> /lib when in reality on my dev system it is in $BUILD_DEST/lib
> 
>  
> 
> So my question is:
> 
> *Is there any way to package up something like fontconfig so that I can 
> build against it properly on my dev system but I can also easily 
> transfer it to my IA32 system and it work properly? Namely I do not want 
> for fontconfig to look inside $BUILD_DEST/etc/fonts for fonts.conf, but 
> to look in /etc/fonts when I put it on my IA32 system.*
> 
>  
> 
> The method that “worked” for me was by setting the prefix to $BUILD_DEST 
> and the conf file to /etc/fonts. But I had to rename my system 
> /etc/fonts, install my package, take the /etc/fonts and move it to 
> $BUILD_DEST, and then restore my normal /etc/fonts.
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you,
> 
>  
> 
> Razvan A. Lupusoru
> 
> 
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