Re: An error of building mcron from git

[Mathieu Lirzin]

The PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG and PKG_CHECK_EXISTS macros are defined in
package ‘pkg-config’.

Wensheng Xie <xiewensheng@hotmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for the reply, Mathieu.
>
> I had guile 2.2 installed, which I think does not have GUILE_PKG.
>
> I tried it again under guile 3.0. The bootstrap then has an error.
>
> ```
> ./bootstrap
> + exec autoreconf -vfi
> autoreconf: export WARNINGS=
> autoreconf: Entering directory '.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force 
> autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Intltool
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gtkdoc
> autoreconf: running: 
> /gnu/store/dyijx4x1js04zpk731q93fmmzywllad0-autoconf-2.71/bin/autoconf --force
> configure.ac:46: warning: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG is m4_require'd but not 
> m4_defun'd
> aclocal.m4:49: GUILE_PKG is expanded from...
> configure.ac:46: the top level
> configure:2650: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> configure:2677: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CHECK_EXISTS
> autoreconf: error: 
> /gnu/store/dyijx4x1js04zpk731q93fmmzywllad0-autoconf-2.71/bin/autoconf failed 
> with exit status: 1
> wxie@guix ~/work/mcron$ guile -v
> guile (GNU Guile) 3.0.5
> Copyright (C) 2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
>
> License LGPLv3+: GNU LGPL 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html>.
> This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
> There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
> wxie@guix ~/work/mcron$
> ```
>
> There are more undefined macros. What did I have missed?
>
> best regards,
> wxie

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Mathieu Lirzin
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