build: Weird fontconfig package issue #21381

The following script:

#!/bin/sh
git clean -xdff --exclude='/depends/SDKs/*'
make -C depends fontconfig_configured HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
make -C depends qt_configured HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

looks legitimate, but it fails:

...
Building fontconfig...
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d'
make  all-recursive
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d'
Making all in fontconfig
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fontconfig'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fontconfig'
Making all in fc-blanks
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-blanks'
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'all'.
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-blanks'
Making all in fc-case
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-case'
  GEN      fcalias.h
  GEN      fcaliastail.h
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-case'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-case'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-case'
Making all in fc-lang
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-lang'
  GEN      fcalias.h
  GEN      fcaliastail.h
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-lang'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-lang'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-lang'
Making all in fc-glyphname
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-glyphname'
  GEN      fcalias.h
  GEN      fcaliastail.h
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-glyphname'
make[4]: Nothing to be done for 'all-am'.
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-glyphname'
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/fc-glyphname'
Making all in src
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/src'
  GEN      fcalias.h
  GEN      fcftalias.h
  GEN      stamp-fcstdint
config.status: executing src/fcstdint.h commands
config.status: creating src/fcstdint.h : _FONTCONFIG_SRC_FCSTDINT_H
config.status: src/fcstdint.h is unchanged
make  all-am
make[4]: Entering directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/src'
  CC       fcatomic.lo
  CC       fcblanks.lo
  CC       fccache.lo
  CC       fccfg.lo
  CC       fccharset.lo
  CC       fccompat.lo
  CC       fcdbg.lo
  CC       fcdefault.lo
  CC       fcdir.lo
In file included from fcftint.h:26,
                 from fcdir.c:26:
../fontconfig/fcfreetype.h:27:10: fatal error: ft2build.h: No such file or directory
   27 | #include <ft2build.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[4]: *** [Makefile:637: fcdir.lo] Error 1
make[4]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/src'
make[3]: *** [Makefile:498: all] Error 2
make[3]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/src'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:581: all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:465: all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d'
make: *** [funcs.mk:275: /home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends/work/build/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/fontconfig/2.12.1-f36da5bd73d/./.stamp_built] Error 2
make: Leaving directory '/home/hebasto/GitHub/bitcoin/depends'

Test system:

$ uname -srm
Linux 5.4.0-66-generic x86_64

cc @dongcarl @fanquake

What if you just do:

#!/bin/sh
git clean -xdff --exclude='/depends/SDKs/*'
make -C depends qt_configured HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

What if you just do:

#!/bin/sh
git clean -xdff --exclude='/depends/SDKs/*'
make -C depends qt_configured HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

just works :)

I'm not sure what issue you're seeing, but these steps:

make -C depends fontconfig_configured HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
make -C depends qt_configured HOST=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

work fine for me. Output here: https://gist.github.com/fanquake/d59a7251e89ab043d65fc0646eb43e41.

@fanquake

Thanks for testing!

I verified again, and found out that #21376 fixes this issue.