Re: [PATCH] meson.build: fix libgcrypt detection on system without libgcrypt-config

["Daniel P. Berrangé" <berrange@redhat.com>]

On Sat, Jul 06, 2024 at 08:12:26PM +0000, Yao Zi wrote:
> libgcrypt starts providing correct pkg-config configuration and dropping
> libgcrypt-config since 1.11.0. So use auto method for detection of
> libgcrypt, in which meson will try both pkg-config and libgcrypt-config.

The pkg-config file seems to be provided since 1.9 in fact.

Where do you see that ligcrypt-config is dropped ?  It still
exists in the gcrypt  git repo and in Fedora 1.11.0 packages.

> 
> This fixes build failure when libgcrypt is enabled on a system without
> ligcrypt-config. Auto method for libgcrypt is supported by meson since
> 0.49.0, which is higher than the version qemu requires.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yao Zi <ziyao@disroot.org>
> ---
>  meson.build | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
> index 6a93da48e1..1b71824548 100644
> --- a/meson.build
> +++ b/meson.build
> @@ -1695,7 +1695,6 @@ endif
>  if not gnutls_crypto.found()
>    if (not get_option('gcrypt').auto() or have_system) and not get_option('nettle').enabled()
>      gcrypt = dependency('libgcrypt', version: '>=1.8',
> -                        method: 'config-tool',
>                          required: get_option('gcrypt'))
>      # Debian has removed -lgpg-error from libgcrypt-config
>      # as it "spreads unnecessary dependencies" which in

Despite the misleading commit message the change is good and I'll
queue it.

Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com>


With regards,
Daniel
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