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[tor-commits] [tor/master] configure: Give a more useful message when pkg-config fails



commit f0993d3831b6132e342fb192820fc04902c98b38
Author: teor <teor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:   Thu Oct 3 16:31:20 2019 +1000

    configure: Give a more useful message when pkg-config fails
    
    When pkg-config is not installed, or a library that depends on
    pkg-config is not found, tell the user what to do to fix the
    problem.
    
    Fixes bug 31922; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
---
 changes/bug31922 |  4 ++++
 configure.ac     | 19 +++++++++++++------
 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/changes/bug31922 b/changes/bug31922
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6f31ce66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug31922
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (configuration):
+    - When pkg-config is not installed, or a library that depends on
+      pkg-config is not found, tell the user what to do to fix the
+      problem. Fixes bug 31922; bugfix on 0.3.1.1-alpha.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index bd12e6167..dbcb51d47 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -29,6 +29,13 @@ AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS
 AC_CANONICAL_HOST
 
 PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+if test "x$PKG_CONFIG" = "x" ; then
+    pkg_config_user_action="install pkg-config, and check the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable."
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([Some libraries need pkg-config, including systemd, nss, lzma, zstd, and custom mallocs.])
+    AC_MSG_NOTICE([To use those libraries, $pkg_config_user_action])
+else
+    pkg_config_user_action="check the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable."
+fi
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(openbsd-malloc,
    AS_HELP_STRING(--enable-openbsd-malloc, [use malloc code from OpenBSD.  Linux only. Deprecated: see --with-malloc]))
@@ -166,7 +173,7 @@ AC_SUBST(TOR_SYSTEMD_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(TOR_SYSTEMD_LIBS)
 
 if test "x$enable_systemd" = "xyes" -a "x$have_systemd" != "xyes" ; then
-    AC_MSG_ERROR([Explicitly requested systemd support, but systemd not found])
+    AC_MSG_ERROR([Explicitly requested systemd support, but systemd not found, $pkg_config_user_action])
 fi
 
 case "$host" in
@@ -870,7 +877,7 @@ if test "x$enable_nss" = "xyes"; then
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NSS,
      [nss],
      [have_nss=yes],
-     [have_nss=no; AC_MSG_ERROR([You asked for NSS but I can't find it.])])
+     [have_nss=no; AC_MSG_ERROR([You asked for NSS but I can't find it, $pkg_config_user_action])])
   AC_SUBST(NSS_CFLAGS)
   AC_SUBST(NSS_LIBS)
 fi
@@ -1076,7 +1083,7 @@ else
                       have_lzma=no)
 
     if test "x$have_lzma" = "xno" ; then
-        AC_MSG_WARN([Unable to find liblzma.])
+        AC_MSG_WARN([Unable to find liblzma, $pkg_config_user_action])
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -1108,7 +1115,7 @@ else
                       have_zstd=no)
 
     if test "x$have_zstd" = "xno" ; then
-        AC_MSG_WARN([Unable to find libzstd.])
+        AC_MSG_WARN([Unable to find libzstd, $pkg_config_user_action])
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -1915,7 +1922,7 @@ AS_CASE([$malloc],
 			have_tcmalloc=no)
 
       if test "x$have_tcmalloc" = "xno" ; then
-          AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find tcmalloc requested by --with-malloc.])
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find tcmalloc requested by --with-malloc, $pkg_config_user_action])
       fi
 
       CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $TCMALLOC_CFLAGS"
@@ -1929,7 +1936,7 @@ AS_CASE([$malloc],
 			have_jemalloc=no)
 
       if test "x$have_tcmalloc" = "xno" ; then
-          AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find jemalloc requested by --with-malloc.])
+          AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find jemalloc requested by --with-malloc, $pkg_config_user_action])
       fi
 
       CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $JEMALLOC_CFLAGS"



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