[Buildroot] BR2012.rc1 :: problem to build a new package

[Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be>]

On Thursday 15 March 2012 14:45:58 MERCADIER Johann wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>    I try to add my 1st package to BR.
>    I primarily succeed compiling the program manually and once it had been
> added to the rootfs. I could use it normally wihtout bug til now.
>    Then as I would like to add this functionality to build root through the
> menuconfig option. This part seems ok
>    The next one is to built a .mk file and here start the troubles!

 That should be pretty easy with the AUTOTARGETS infrastructure.

>    This program require freetype2 and fontconfig. 

 So you should have the line
<PKG>_DEPENDENCIES += freetype fontconfig
in your .mk file.

 Normally configure should pick it up automatically then.

 Make sure that the Config.in also has the lines
	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
	select BR2_PACKAGE_FONTCONFIG

 
>    On my system pkg-config
> can find it at the following places:
> ./workdone/usr/arm-unknown-linux-uclibcgnueabi/sysroot/usr/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc
> ./output/target/usr/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc
> ./output/build/freetype-2.4.8/builds/unix/freetype2.pc
> 
>   But it cannot find any .pc file for fontconfig and then quit with an
> error.

 After the fontconfig package is built, you should have a fontconfig.pc
next to the freetype2.pc.


[snip]
>   I wish to learn to do some good work and not a kind of scrappy job even
> if it works. So advices are welcome!

 As soon as you have something that works more or less, post it and
we'll give feedback!SO-0809-Leuven-M.S.G

 Preferably, use git send-email to send the patch.  That makes sure all the
tabs and line breaks are properly conserved, and that the commit message
and authorship is correct.  Also add your Signed-off-by line to the commit
message (see http://kerneltrap.org/files/Jeremy/DCO.txt).

 Regards,
 Arnout

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