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Date:      Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:50:40 -0500
From:      Jeremy Messenger <mezz.freebsd@gmail.com>
To:        Guido Falsi <madpilot@freebsd.org>
Cc:        gnome@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <crees@freebsd.org>, Thomas Abthorpe <tabthorpe@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: [PATCH] Gnucash port update and fix for pkgconf
Message-ID:  <CADLFttda7EPPYS73iQSWxcj8g78G3O7=y0T4uMBdwrjBGQ0d_Q@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20120727153119.GE22954@megatron.madpilot.net>
References:  <20120727153119.GE22954@megatron.madpilot.net>

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On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Guido Falsi <madpilot@freebsd.org> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> The finance/gnucash port is broken right now.
>
> It contains an improper use of pkg-config which was innocuous, but is
> fatal with pkgconf. It causes an invalid Makefile to be generated by
> configure.
>
> Since a new version is also out I made a patch with a quick and dirty
> fix for the brokenness.
>
> The fix just forces a bogus value in the configure script in place of a
> backtick comamnd. That variable really looks unused anyway by the build
> system. GnuCash builds fine in tinderbox and wiorks correctly on a real
> system with real data.
>
> I'm attaching it requesting approval to commit it.
>
> I also wrote a bug report for this on the gnome bugzilla, waiting
> feedback. ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680708 )

You have my approval. Yes, it does look like it's just some leftover
and need to be removed. Just let you know about --version can be
changed to --modversion if you find other ports that have like this.
Thanks!

$PKG_CONFIG --version xml

To:

$PKG_CONFIG --modversion libxml-2.0

Cheers,
Mezz


> Thanks in advance!
>
> --
> Guido Falsi <madpilot@FreeBSD.org>


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