The problem is that it is rarely clear that pkg-config is the missing thing. This script did say so. Often it just errors out with missing things that are clearly there.
When you do this for 20 years, I guess you just say “aha - pkg-config again!”. For most of us, it’s "WTF is going on?” But I knew I lost this one before I even sent the email. :> K > On Apr 29, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Ryan Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Apr 29, 2018, at 20:53, Ken Cunningham wrote: > >> We should probably just make pkg-config a default dependency for _every_ >> build and save everyone a pile of heartburn. > > No, obviously not. Declare a dependency on pkg-config when pkg-config is > required. Simple. > >
