Re: Python and gzip

[Ludovic Courtès]

Andreas Enge <address@hidden> skribis:

> Now I have problems with zziplib and pkg-config during the configuration of 
> texlive. I have pkg-config and zziplib as inputs. But configure fails at
>
> if $PKG_CONFIG zziplib --atleast-version=0.12; then
>   ZZIPLIB_INCLUDES=`$PKG_CONFIG zziplib --cflags`
>   ZZIPLIB_LIBS=`$PKG_CONFIG zziplib --libs`
> elif test "x$need_zziplib:$with_system_zziplib" = xyes:yes; then
>   as_fn_error $? "did not find zziplib-0.12 or better" "$LINENO" 5
> fi
>
> (while previous similar lines for other programs succeed). When I install 
> the two guix packages by hand and execute the test in a terminal, it 
> succeeds. Do you have any idea what could be happening?

I would build with -K and check in the ‘environment-variables’ file
whether the directory that contains zziplib.pc is in $PKG_CONFIG_PATH,
and whether it specifies a matching version.

Other than that, no idea.

Ludo’.