Re: Hardcoded check for pkg-config

[Dr . Jürgen Sauermann]

    Hi Christopher,
      
      thanks, hopefully fixed in SVN 1587.
      
      Best Regards,
      Jürgen

On 9/5/22 3:43 AM, Christopher Rodriguez wrote:

> Hello,
>
> On line 204 of `configure.ac` there is a check to see if `pkg-config` is
> executable on the current system.
>
> However, this check /only/ checks whether (specifically)
> `/usr/bin/pkg-config` is executable—meaning that if the user has
> `pkg-config` installed in a non-standard location (for instance, if they
> are using a system similar to GNU Guix, as I am), it will always fail.
>
> This is a problem because this check on line 204 is a precedent of
> configuring against GTK, which is a feature I want to use.
>
> Is there a way this could be fixed upstream, rather than relying on
> patches during the packaging process?
>
> Thank You for Your time!
>
> --
>
> Christopher Rodriguez
>