GNU bug report logs - #47159
28.0.50; gnutls not recognized in build process without pkg-config

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2021 14:58:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 47159 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 47159 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, bugs <at> gnu.support
Subject: Re: bug#47159: 28.0.50;
 gnutls not recognized in build process without pkg-config
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:22:44 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2021 06:52:16 +0100
> Cc: 47159 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> So I guess we should just add a check for pkg-config in the gnutls
> check?  Any opinions?

I think the check is there already, we just don't expose the results
to the user, and instead claim that whatever feature we needed
pkg-config for is not available.  IOW, what is missing here is the
message saying pkg-config wasn't found, and therefore a test for
FEATURE couldn't be done.
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