waf and pkg-config

[Alexander Bokovoy]

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 12:23 AM, Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer at samba.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 08:28:58PM +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote:
>> On Tuesday 07 April 2015 20:11:32 Jelmer Vernooij wrote:
>> > On Tue, Apr 07, 2015 at 05:23:19PM +0200, Andreas Schneider wrote:
>> > > trying to fix systemd detection, I found out that waf and pkg-config is
>> > > simply not working.
>> > >
>> > > I do
>> > >
>> > >     conf.check_cfg(package='libsystemd-daemon', args='--cflags --libs',
>> > >
>> > >                    msg='Checking for libsystemd-daemon')
>> > >
>> > > and in the end I can't simply use libsystem-daemon as a dependency. So *I*
>> > > have to implement library detection again with CHECK_LIB and check all
>> > > names pkg-config might return on different Linux version?
>> >
>> > See source4/lib/tls/wscript:24 for an example.
>>
>> I've looked into this and didn't get it working. The patch I've sent fixes the
>> issue. I do not see another way ...
>>
>> If you have a better one, please share or push mine.
> What does bin/config.log say about libsystemd-daemon?
>
> Is there a specific reason you're using uselib_store with a different
> name than the library name?
Yes, the library got included into libsystemd after v216. There is a
compatibility layer in pkg-config that responds to old name.
Old name is what is used up to and including Fedora 21, new version is
in Fedora 22, unreleased.


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/ Alexander Bokovoy