Re: Trunk r117046 fails on systems with older automake

[Glenn Morris]

"Stephen J. Turnbull" wrote:

> More specifically, from a quick look at configure.ac, it is clear that
> program does not consider pkg-config to be a hard requirement of Emacs
> (and INSTALL doesn't say so, although INSTALL.REPO does).

It isn't a requirement, the INSTALL docs are correct. It is like
autoconf and automake: required for builds from the repo, but not from
tarballs. As documented.

> A review of configure (trunk updated from bzr today, I assume bzr is
> still current?) suggests that Emacs should be buildable with no
> pkg-config at all, you'll just be missing a pile of features.

Emacs tarballs are buildable without pkg-config.
It is required to generate the configure script, like autoconf is.

> Patches welcome, I know.  Sorry, not high on my priority list.

Don't worry, I have zero expectation of you ever supplying a patch for
anything.