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Date:      Tue, 17 Sep 2013 07:36:37 +0000
From:      "C. L. Martinez" <carlopmart@gmail.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: syslog-ng33 fails to build
Message-ID:  <CAEjQA5KC2=JOLgcfw5zO4iZzTueKxPHQcoYZ3PHug=wpvWORrg@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <52364575.3030500@cyberleo.net>
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On Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 11:40 PM, CyberLeo Kitsana
<cyberleo@cyberleo.net> wrote:
> On 09/13/2013 01:53 AM, C. L. Martinez wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  I am trying to build syslog-ng33 (release 3.3.9) using a poudriere
>> server, but build process fails:
>>
> <snip>
>> configure: error: in
>> `/wrkdirs/usr/ports/sysutils/syslog-ng33/work/syslog-ng-3.3.9':
>> configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too
>> old.  Make sure it
>> is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
>> path to pkg-config.
>>
>> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables EVTLOG_CFLAGS
>> and EVTLOG_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
>> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>>
>> It is strange, because previous build (on August 27) works without problems ...
>>
>> Any idea??
>
> Probably because syslog-ng relies upon pkgconfig, but assumes it will be
> installed by one of the dependent ports so doesn't explicitly declare
> the dependency. Poudriere has a habit of only installing the immediate
> dependencies of the package it is currently compiling, so exposes such
> issues when a port is updated, but none of its dependencies are. Bug
> ports/181098 is another I found like this.
>
> Add this to the port's Makefile after the include of bsd.port.options.mk:
>
> USES+= pkgconfig
>
> If that corrects the issue you're seeing, submit a pr.
>
> --
> Fuzzy love,
> -CyberLeo
> Technical Administrator
> CyberLeo.Net Webhosting
> http://www.CyberLeo.Net
> <CyberLeo@CyberLeo.Net>
>


Many thanks CyberLeo ... It works. I have opened pr last week about
this (but instead against syslog-ng33, it is about syslog-ng 3.4.3,
but the problem is the same)

http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=182061



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