Re: Necessary lib on Ubuntu for 17beta3

Am 09.08.24 um 09:45 schrieb Michael Banck:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 09:38:16AM +0200, Holger Jakobs wrote:
>> When trying to ./configure PostgreSQL 17 beta3, it complained that the ICU
>> libraries weren't installed, when actually they were.
>>
>> On top of the ICU libraries themselves, another, seemingly unrelated,
>> package had to be installed as well.
>>
>> On Ubuntu, this has to be done: apt install pkg-config
>>
>> I expect this to be the same on a Debian system, and maybe others.
> This is discussed here:
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/install-requirements.html
>
>> A hint to this package in some README or BUILD file or in the error output
>> of ./configure may be of great help.
> I think you are right, the error could be improved. This is because
> currently pkg-config support is not actively checked for and the
> autoconf macros just fail in this case I believe.
>
>
> Michael

Exactly. Would it be possible to include a check for pkg-config in
./configure so that an appropriate error message pops up instead of
complaining about actually installed libraries?

See you next weekend, Michael ;-)

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Holger Jakobs, Bergisch Gladbach