Bug 495128 – x11-misc/dmenu-4.5-r3 with dev-util/pkgconf - /usr/include/ft2build.h:56:38: fatal error: freetype/config/ftheader.h: No such file or directory

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Oleh 2013-12-23 15:25:23 UTC]

x11-misc/dmenu failing to build with xft USE flag with alternative pkgconf. This caused by missing quotes in compile flags . Steps to reproduce:


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. replace dev-util/pkgconfig with dev-util/pkgconf
2. USE=xft emerge dmenu
3. notice a build failure
4. switch back to dev-util/pkgconfig
5. dmenu with xft flag building fine.

Actual Results:  
In file included from /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:39:0,
                 from draw.h:3,
                 from draw.c:8:
/usr/include/ft2build.h:56:38: fatal error: freetype/config/ftheader.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
In file included from /usr/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:39:0,
                 from draw.h:3,
                 from dmenu.c:14:
/usr/include/ft2build.h:56:38: fatal error: freetype/config/ftheader.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
Makefile:14: recipe for target 'draw.o' failed
make: *** [draw.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
Makefile:14: recipe for target 'dmenu.o' failed
make: *** [dmenu.o] Error 1

Expected Results:  
dmenu emerged with either pkgconf or pkgconfig used.

[Comment 1 Oleh 2013-12-23 15:25:55 UTC]

Created attachment 365992 [details]
build.log

[Comment 2 Oleh 2013-12-23 15:26:20 UTC]

Created attachment 365994 [details]
emerge --info

[Comment 3 Oleh 2013-12-23 15:27:52 UTC]

Created attachment 365996 [details, diff]
patch to fix build issue

[Comment 4 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2013-12-23 17:49:52 UTC]

What does your xft.pc look like?

[Comment 5 Oleh 2013-12-23 17:52:27 UTC]

There are clear steps to reproduce issue.

[Comment 6 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) 2013-12-23 17:55:08 UTC]

I politely asked you a question. If I had been able to reproduce the issue, I wouldn't be asking the question.

[Comment 7 Oleh 2013-12-23 18:15:18 UTC]

prefix=/usr
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=/usr/lib64
includedir=${prefix}/include

Name: Xft
Description: X FreeType library
Version: 2.3.1
Requires: xproto
Requires.private: xrender, fontconfig, freetype2
Cflags: -I${includedir}
Libs: -L${libdir} -lXft