Re: [Buildroot] Libarchive always throws an error when building

[Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>]

Hello Roland,

On Wed, 1 Feb 2023 19:27:35 +0000, Kenneth Roland <kjroland75@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Peter,
> After applying the patch you mentioned<https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/commit/1f35c466aaa9444335a1b854b0b7223b0d2346c2>, as well as installing libssl-dev, I now have this error.

Host installed packages are ignored by the buildroot system, never do this...

> 
> 
> ​```checking whether the /mnt/hdd/sct/output/host/bin/aarch64-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc linker (/mnt/hdd/sct/output/host/bin/aarch64-buildroot-linux-gnu-ld) supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether -lc should be explicitly linked in... no
> checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
> checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
> checking whether stripping libraries is possible... yes
> checking if libtool supports shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build shared libraries... yes
> checking whether to build static libraries... no
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.20... /mnt/hdd/sct/output/host/bin/pkgconf: error while loading shared libraries: libpkgconf.so.3: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> no
> checking for LIBARCHIVE... no
> configure: error: in `/mnt/hdd/sct/output/build/opkg-0.4.5':
> configure: error: The pkg-config script could not be found or is too old.  Make sure it
> is in your PATH or set the PKG_CONFIG environment variable to the full
> path to pkg-config.
> 
> Alternatively, you may set the environment variables LIBARCHIVE_CFLAGS
> and LIBARCHIVE_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
> See the pkg-config man page for more details.
> 
> To get pkg-config, see <http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/>.
> See `config.log' for more details
> make: *** [package/pkg-generic.mk:283: /mnt/hdd/sct/output/build/opkg-0.4.5/.stamp_configured] Error 1```

See the proper patch from Bernd Kuhls (including AUTORECONF and host-pkagconf dependency):

	http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/buildroot/2023-February/660921.html
	https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/buildroot/patch/20230201181005.731564-1-bernd.kuhls@t-online.de/

Regards,
Peter

> 
> 
> From a quick search, libpkgconf.so.3 is found on RPM systems, which isn't the case here, but somehow it has something to do with pkg-config being too old. Do I need to update my path, and if so, is that the bash file found in my user's home folder? Or is there another patch I can apply? Thanks,
> Kenneth

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