Re: PKG_CHECK_MODULES not working in Solaris

[Nick Bowler]

On 2014-01-27 15:50 +0100, Daniel Pocock wrote:
> On 27/01/14 14:27, Eric Blake wrote:
[...]
> > Stick this in your configure.ac:
> >
> > m4_pattern_forbid([PKG_*])
> >
> > then anyone running autoconf on your package without the pkg-config m4
> > modules installed will get an earlier error at autoconf time flagging
> > the unexpanded macro, rather than a late error at configure execution of
> > a shell syntax error or unfound command.
> 
> I tried adding that just under AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
> https://github.com/resiprocate/resiprocate/blob/master/configure.ac
> 
> autoreconf now fails even if pkg-config is present, here is the output:
> 
> $ autoreconf -fi
[...]
> configure:1477: error: possibly undefined macro: PKGS
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure:16327: error: possibly undefined macro: ac_cv_env_PKG_CONFIG_set
> configure:16333: error: possibly undefined macro: ac_cv_path_PKG_CONFIG
> configure:16371: error: possibly undefined macro: ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG
> configure:16376: error: possibly undefined macro:
> ac_cv_path_ac_pt_PKG_CONFIG
> configure:16508: error: possibly undefined macro: DEPS_PYTHON_PKG_ERRORS
> autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

m4_pattern_forbid([^PKG_]) should work a bit better (untested).

Cheers,
-- 
Nick Bowler, Elliptic Technologies (http://www.elliptictech.com/)