Bug#424470: libgconf-java - FTBFS: Package cairo was not found in the pkg-config search path

[Thomas Girard]

tags 424470 + confirmed pending
block 424470 by 423525
thanks

On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 09:10:00AM +0200, Michael Ablassmeier wrote:
> Package: libgconf-java
> Version: 2.12.6-2
> Severity: serious
> User: debian-qa at lists.debian.org
> Usertags: qa-ftbfs
> 
> hi,
> 
> while doing an archive wide package rebuild your package failed to build from
> source for the following reason:
> 
>  > checking if gcj PIC flag -fPIC works... yes
>  > checking if gcj static flag -static works... no
>  > checking if gcj supports -c -o file.o... yes
>  > checking whether the gcj linker (/usr/bin/ld) supports shared libraries... yes
>  > checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
>  > checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
>  > checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
>  > checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
>  > checking for GTKJAVA... configure: error: Package requirements (gtk2-java >= 2.10) were not met:
>  > 
>  > Package cairo was not found in the pkg-config search path.
>  > Perhaps you should add the directory containing `cairo.pc'
>  > to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
>  > Package 'cairo', required by 'Cairo-Java', not found
>  > 
>  > Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
>  > installed software in a non-standard prefix.
>  > 
>  > Alternatively, you may set the environment variables GTKJAVA_CFLAGS
>  > and GTKJAVA_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
>  > See the pkg-config man page for more details.
>  > 
>  > make: *** [config.status] Error 1

Hello,

Thanks for reporting this.

this is actually a consequence of #423525; I'm working on a fix.

Thomas