Bug 391987

Summary:	dev-java/icedtea-6.1.10.4-r1 should express a build dependency on pkgconfig
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	David Owen <dsowen>
Component:	[OLD] Java	Assignee:	Java team <java>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	AMD64
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description David Owen 2011-11-26 16:10:14 UTC

icedtea requires pkgconfig during the configure phase to locate and use some dependencies.  If pkgconfig is not installed, configure may error out with messages that it could not find the dependencies.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge -C pkgconfig
2. emerge icedtea
Actual Results:  
ebuild fails, stating that XPROTO could not be found, and suggesting to install the xorg-x11-proto-dev package

Expected Results:  
ebuild should complete successfully

Determining that pkgconfig was the missing dependency require digging around in the configure script.  The build output could lead one to believe that xproto was missing or not stated as a dep, even if it was.  This may have been the case for bug #389599.

To workaround, `emerge -1 pkgconfig` before proceeding with the original emerge.

Comment 1 Ralph Sennhauser (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2011-11-28 15:47:09 UTC

Fixed in icedtea-6.1.10.4-r2 and icedtea-7.2.0-r2.

Thanks for the report.