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diff --git a/gitlab/issues/target_missing/host_missing/accel_missing/1420.toml b/gitlab/issues/target_missing/host_missing/accel_missing/1420.toml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d7de27a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/gitlab/issues/target_missing/host_missing/accel_missing/1420.toml @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +id = 1420 +title = "Missing path for pkg-config on amd64 debian based distros" +state = "closed" +created_at = "2023-01-06T23:38:39.613Z" +closed_at = "2023-01-07T13:31:14.729Z" +labels = [] +url = "https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1420" +host-os = "Debian testing" +host-arch = "amd64" +qemu-version = "commit 171033e8dbac356f9a84c2e7cc8556a4eb0a1359 (master)" +guest-os = "n/a" +guest-arch = "n/a" +description = """This error occurs when attempting to configure qemu from git : +```error +ERROR: glib-2.56 gthread-2.0 is required to compile QEMU +``` + +Although it seems to be as simple as "_just install the dev lib!!!_" it is not that simple. + +1. First of all, my system already has the library installed : + ```sh + dpkg -l | grep libglib2.0-dev + ii libglib2.0-dev:amd64 2.74.4-1 amd64 Development files for the GLib library + ii libglib2.0-dev-bin 2.74.4-1 amd64 Development utilities for the GLib library + ``` +1. Second, the file required by _pkg-config_ does exist aswell : + ```sh + ls /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/gthread-2.0.pc -l + -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 dez 27 20:42 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/gthread-2.0.pc + ``` +1. Finally, the real problem is that pkg-config is not able to identify it **unless** you specify the _x86-64_ dir : + - Default usage. It fails. + ```sh + pkg-config --modversion gthread-2.0 + Package gthread-2.0 was not found in the pkg-config search path. + Perhaps you should add the directory containing `gthread-2.0.pc' + to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable + Package 'gthread-2.0', required by 'virtual:world', not found + ``` + - Fixed usage (temp) + ```sh + env PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/pkgconfig/" pkg-config --modversion gthread-2.0 + 2.74.4 + ```""" +reproduce = """1. clone qemu (master) +2. try to run _configure_""" +additional = """Of course it seems to be a problem related to the program _pkg-config_ itself, or even by the distro's package, but it totally prevents any build of qemu in a debian-based distro, with architecture _amd64_.""" |