Assaf Gordon wrote: > Hello, > > Trying to use 'scripts/autotools-install' on a problematic system (Mac > OS X 10.6.8, already has few other related bugs), building > "pkg-config" fails. > > Two patches attached: > > 1. When "./configure" or "make" fail, use "die()" to print an error, > pointing the user to the error log file. > This helps when troubleshooting errors, because the script has "set > -e" and simply exits on errors. > > 2. Recent "pkg-config" has a cyclic requirement of "glib", explained > in the README [1]:
Often, these days, when I run this script, I do not require pkg-config, and do not want to encourage its use in projects that aren't already tied to it. Do you need it? When I have not needed it, I've temporarily commented out a line or two so we don't download or build it.
