On Saturday 23 April 2016 22:50:41 Dave wrote: > On Saturday 23 April 2016 23:03:54 Rhialto wrote: > > On Sat 23 Apr 2016 at 20:35:26 +0100, Dave wrote: > > > So, the question really is did the > > > person porting the Linux source into a FreeBSD port/pkg test on FreeBSD 9 > > > or just on 10? Zlib us in the FreeBSD 9.x base system so there;s nothing > > > to install but the file zlib.pc doesn't exist and that seems to be > > > something the installer *requires* to confirm that zlib is there. > > > > Did you try setting these environment variables before running > > configure? > > > > ZLIB_CFLAGS C compiler flags for ZLIB, overriding pkg-config > > ZLIB_LIBS linker flags for ZLIB, overriding pkg-config > > > > (from configure --help) > > Ni, I didn't. Do you know what value to set it/them to? > Do I need to set these in advance of running portinstall or make install clean > or do I set them as part of the command line, eg make -Dknob=foo install clean > > It's possible you are assuming more knowledge than I actually have :-) > > I suspect you are suggesting I do a manual compile/install outside of the > FreeBSD ports/pkg system which is something I've never done before. > > I seem to vaguely remember looking for info in the past when installing stuff > on FreeBSD and coming across lots of Linux based help taking about running > ./configure before make but that's something the ports system normal does in > FreeBSD so isn't something I'm familiar with. It's more years than I care to > remember since I last wrote real software with compilers and linkers and > stuff. > Primitive IDE's were only just starting to appear with things like Turbo C and > the like to give you an idea of just how long ago I mean :-) > > Thanks. > OOooooohhhhh....An interesting workaround :-) I just created /usr/libdata/pkgconfig which doesn't exists prior to FreeBSD 10. Then I copied the zlib.pc file from a 10.3 box to there and Pan built and installed perfectly.
A blindingly obvious thing to try in hindsight. _______________________________________________ Pan-users mailing list Pan-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pan-users
