From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail-pl1-f180.google.com (mail-pl1-f180.google.com [209.85.214.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2C6411AED4D for ; Thu, 4 Jul 2024 14:50:56 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.214.180 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1720104658; cv=none; b=J0VG8famaPpsUfGFzj5NPxsA5fD3cE6191/0x+/IZ4z8AU/+OA5OC8APIubebU0OBh/Ut+dG3BzogkhlynsPiFsGoR+V84wTbN2rW7/jJMphnXd5lfLXbG+LVW3ZoJOGtCUT/PxHBNNRbYLHe0mWFUBZuAd4x9jgjQ0Lt391h4g= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1720104658; c=relaxed/simple; bh=gpHQtn1GCFQJ1Mpe3GQQNh8wr4tfYXbqGLEfUGnDs8w=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=n24bgTgWtd/LueJSlC8BH2bi5xmYoKer0h/MoxAzuuhWxNrCWhLRpakamXGYinuIfgs/aUKCMaDyZIMKIhmFakBlBve6Q2LUCWyGsMazTDHPSN0V7PMkVe6Dv9RoF1CmxqzPlX7I1Hh84uBpiEXmOZt/z9B9a4WEcPoju4EhsIc= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b=H+CMxBhn; arc=none smtp.client-ip=209.85.214.180 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=gmail.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="H+CMxBhn" Received: by mail-pl1-f180.google.com with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1f65a3abd01so4729605ad.3 for ; Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:50:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1720104656; x=1720709456; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=ahsU2c28lOl0DTdW3Sg76BwS3a9KG8RYK2VnZgKFAzc=; b=H+CMxBhnvGS15QD2n6tOtvGKZHV3nL86zQ11z6pyDNU0C6AwYZMYcPg83gpPTEYeoT 79rwUfRXWwMgdg5V9oWaRdJW5F0knCk4y4OwsPCuynpNgBvHIgLAMPCSW/r0LL7XmESo wDHGJ2dSFGFXNKNlLnCm0iozzXcDSDQhwK/GpvxRbvmFa+IwZO+ELK5XhANSiTv0E9H2 qRPS7XVgb/uII6Xvhn7qMfUZtNb0JL0Q0zpAI+XNYbFOM0TjFBs5a3lTMCul2pGB3v02 8eLGRaMy9ZV4pnhKj1On7GVQJZGeYkzrc+EnwVsHr8iLgpuNsjcw+VaYhqkPSgWxvoR3 55CQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1720104656; x=1720709456; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=ahsU2c28lOl0DTdW3Sg76BwS3a9KG8RYK2VnZgKFAzc=; b=QMpcEqxJ3mWXyBNxMOGIaFGY4mdLy/M23gZuds4j+sI90bjPfchCBgoUK2LGuapj0h 6Us7MstuBj+j+fCuyjEdO5Lov49lRvCwgANsw92dpIR5p7lMb0aWHxDnca2S2qViiQng 6goLkhWIxROhhDiN8d/IidKbxwKyfPe+nbtoOm2c/FypBjhUDAYoWXSe+/hCxwdaiU9n H1kVVHHLSdP1PdnPtobQXbpvz4ENNVVXn/7pKFrs/mmWlu4EKtNIhkwSpVPSarhWW/eC gDQDyTOjFHxi2MHlcUZQoX2bLE4qX6zQC5loZeoyJ2go6PJyy9mbE5+iKg405J3WLdFA cYCw== X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=1; AJvYcCWeDwi13jGr661IMFewG59GVFb86Zw1HgtIjC1eoeLxSKuj8+REPncdfw1Cuj1lyKI9LanSVcVbBeOop0HqxcWQNGFcP1E7cL0sUQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YydElLUAWRHl1mdKTtEYTneTSaYq2MC6sHriHLjFcCMet3ElYxi mJMfFIxgDBzEnTBk26wqe2TTsRk36SA07iFQQ0ZiK8l+9jmA7Bvg X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IHIP0YyOgCenwK+iwmtOn3QbvAsg3KfKZnQm53+lXtX0sP3/+aK6UMM64dSY4161D2l8T97GQ== X-Received: by 2002:a17:903:1d2:b0:1f6:e11e:640e with SMTP id d9443c01a7336-1fb33e04f25mr17894985ad.4.1720104656267; Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:50:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rigel ([118.209.204.19]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id d9443c01a7336-1fb2d59abc2sm19064685ad.160.2024.07.04.07.50.53 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Thu, 04 Jul 2024 07:50:55 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 22:50:51 +0800 From: Kent Gibson To: Bartosz Golaszewski Cc: Linus Walleij , linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org, Bartosz Golaszewski Subject: Re: [libgpiod][PATCH] README: list the development packages required to build the library Message-ID: <20240704145051.GA95228@rigel> References: <20240704142451.28400-1-brgl@bgdev.pl> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-gpio@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20240704142451.28400-1-brgl@bgdev.pl> On Thu, Jul 04, 2024 at 04:24:51PM +0200, Bartosz Golaszewski wrote: > From: Bartosz Golaszewski > > The error messages emitted by configure when either libtool, pkg-config > or autoconf-archive packages are missing on the host are not very clear > and seem to cause confusion among users building the project from > sources. List the required packages in the README. > > Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski > --- > README | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/README b/README > index a6f24d1..a20e801 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ BUILDING > This is a pretty standard autotools project. The core C library does not have > any external dependencies other than the standard C library with GNU extensions. > > +The build system requires autotools, autoconf-archive, libtool and pkg-config > +to be installed on the host system for the basic build. Development files for > +additional libraries may be required depending on selected options. The > +configure script will typically prompt the user for them clearly when missing. > + typically? Shouldn't that always be the case? "prompt" makes it seem interactive. I would reword as "The configure script will report any missing additional required dependencies." Cheers, Kent.