Re: [PATCH] kconfig: do not require pkg-config on make {menu,n}config

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sun Sep 02 2018 - 20:39:04 EST


2018-08-31 18:34 GMT+09:00 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Meelis Roos reported a {menu,n}config regression:
>
> "I have libncurses devel package installed in the default system
> location (as do 99%+ on actual developers probably) and in this
> case, pkg-config is useless. pkg-config is needed only when
> libraries and headers are installed in non-default locations but
> it is bad to require installation of pkg-config on all the machines
> where make menuconfig would be possibly run."
>
> For {menu,n}config, do not use pkg-config if it is not installed.
> For {g,x}config, keep checking pkg-config since we really rely on it
> for finding the installation paths of the required packages.
>
> Fixes: 4ab3b80159d4 ("kconfig: check for pkg-config on make {menu,n,g,x}config")
> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@xxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---



Applied to linux-kbuild/fixes.


> Documentation/process/changes.rst | 2 +-
> scripts/kconfig/Makefile | 1 -
> scripts/kconfig/check-pkgconfig.sh | 8 --------
> scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh | 7 +++++++
> scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
> scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
> scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh | 7 +++++++
> 7 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 scripts/kconfig/check-pkgconfig.sh
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/process/changes.rst b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> index 61f918b..d1bf143 100644
> --- a/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/process/changes.rst
> @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pkg-config
>
> The build system, as of 4.18, requires pkg-config to check for installed
> kconfig tools and to determine flags settings for use in
> -'make {menu,n,g,x}config'. Previously pkg-config was being used but not
> +'make {g,x}config'. Previously pkg-config was being used but not
> verified or documented.
>
> Flex
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> index 4a7bd21..67ed9f6 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/Makefile
> @@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ $(obj)/zconf.tab.o: $(obj)/zconf.lex.c
>
> # check if necessary packages are available, and configure build flags
> define filechk_conf_cfg
> - $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/kconfig/check-pkgconfig.sh; \
> $(CONFIG_SHELL) $<
> endef
>
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/check-pkgconfig.sh b/scripts/kconfig/check-pkgconfig.sh
> deleted file mode 100644
> index 7a1c40b..0000000
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/check-pkgconfig.sh
> +++ /dev/null
> @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
> -#!/bin/sh
> -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> -# Check for pkg-config presence
> -
> -if [ -z $(command -v pkg-config) ]; then
> - echo "'make *config' requires 'pkg-config'. Please install it." 1>&2
> - exit 1
> -fi
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
> index 533b3d8..480ecd8 100755
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/gconf-cfg.sh
> @@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
>
> PKG="gtk+-2.0 gmodule-2.0 libglade-2.0"
>
> +if [ -z "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
> + echo >&2 "*"
> + echo >&2 "* 'make gconfig' requires 'pkg-config'. Please install it."
> + echo >&2 "*"
> + exit 1
> +fi
> +
> if ! pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
> echo >&2 "*"
> echo >&2 "* Unable to find the GTK+ installation. Please make sure that"
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
> index e6f9fac..c812872d 100755
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh
> @@ -4,20 +4,23 @@
> PKG="ncursesw"
> PKG2="ncurses"
>
> -if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
> - echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
> - echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
> - exit 0
> -fi
> +if [ -n "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
> + if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
> + echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
> + echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
> + exit 0
> + fi
>
> -if pkg-config --exists $PKG2; then
> - echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG2)\"
> - echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG2)\"
> - exit 0
> + if pkg-config --exists $PKG2; then
> + echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG2)\"
> + echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG2)\"
> + exit 0
> + fi
> fi
>
> -# Unfortunately, some distributions (e.g. openSUSE) cannot find ncurses
> -# by pkg-config.
> +# Check the default paths in case pkg-config is not installed.
> +# (Even if it is installed, some distributions such as openSUSE cannot
> +# find ncurses by pkg-config.)
> if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/ncurses.h ]; then
> echo cflags=\"-D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/ncursesw\"
> echo libs=\"-lncursesw\"
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh
> index 42f5ac7..001559e 100644
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh
> @@ -4,20 +4,23 @@
> PKG="ncursesw menuw panelw"
> PKG2="ncurses menu panel"
>
> -if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
> - echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
> - echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
> - exit 0
> -fi
> +if [ -n "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
> + if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
> + echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG)\"
> + echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
> + exit 0
> + fi
>
> -if pkg-config --exists $PKG2; then
> - echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG2)\"
> - echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG2)\"
> - exit 0
> + if pkg-config --exists $PKG2; then
> + echo cflags=\"$(pkg-config --cflags $PKG2)\"
> + echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG2)\"
> + exit 0
> + fi
> fi
>
> -# Unfortunately, some distributions (e.g. openSUSE) cannot find ncurses
> -# by pkg-config.
> +# Check the default paths in case pkg-config is not installed.
> +# (Even if it is installed, some distributions such as openSUSE cannot
> +# find ncurses by pkg-config.)
> if [ -f /usr/include/ncursesw/ncurses.h ]; then
> echo cflags=\"-D_GNU_SOURCE -I/usr/include/ncursesw\"
> echo libs=\"-lncursesw -lmenuw -lpanelw\"
> diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh
> index 0862e15..02ccc0a 100755
> --- a/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh
> +++ b/scripts/kconfig/qconf-cfg.sh
> @@ -4,6 +4,13 @@
> PKG="Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets"
> PKG2="QtCore QtGui"
>
> +if [ -z "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then
> + echo >&2 "*"
> + echo >&2 "* 'make xconfig' requires 'pkg-config'. Please install it."
> + echo >&2 "*"
> + exit 1
> +fi
> +
> if pkg-config --exists $PKG; then
> echo cflags=\"-std=c++11 -fPIC $(pkg-config --cflags Qt5Core Qt5Gui Qt5Widgets)\"
> echo libs=\"$(pkg-config --libs $PKG)\"
> --
> 2.7.4
>



--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada