--variable=prefix returns nothing
Vincent Torri
vincent.torri at gmail.com
Fri Jun 25 14:18:06 PDT 2010
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 8:11 AM, Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Vincent Torri <vincent.torri at gmail.com>
> 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 ?
>
> Can you run "PKG_CONFIG_DEBUG_SPEW=1 pkg-config --variable=prefix
> mylib"?
see below. Btw, it would be nice if you can comment a bit the output. Or
maybe there are some doc about that.
> Also, how have you built pkg-config? Are you using either of
> --with-installed-glib or --with-installed-popt?
>
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
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