On Thu, 31 May 2012 22:20:25 +0100 Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well Dan, I've run into a problem with autoconf that I can't figure out > how to solve. configure.ac has several lines like: > > PKG_CHECK_MODULES(KMOD, [libkmod >= 5]) > > Now that's a reasonable check, but requires cfg.m4 which is installed by > pkg_config. We don't have that in LFS. I don't know how to get around it. > > To answer a question you may not be up to speed on, we don't install > pkg-config in lfs because the pkg-config developers inconveniently made > it depend on glib. The dependencies are: > > pkk-config > glib (required) > libffi (required) > Python (required) > pkg-config (recursive, but can work around) > pcre (recommended) > several optional dependencies > > We are in the position of needing to install four packages (one > incomplete) just to satisfy the systemd build methodology that requires > things we don't need for udev. > > Perhaps the way to go is to create a custom Makefile.udev and then > > make -f Makefile.udev > make -f Makefile.udev install > > bypassing autotools. We can bypass autotools with your make script. The advantage of the autotools route is that it might get applied upstream. Andy -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
