Fixes bitcoin/bitcoin#24037.
With this PR:
# ./autogen.sh
configure.ac:16: error: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG macro not found. Please install pkg-config and re-run autogen.sh
configure.ac:16: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
ACK 18f304d988117f2675e7393adda9f960fbf3cb3a
Although the referenced issue is really a case of not reading the docs (@laanwj :D), this is still more helpful than the original message. If anyone ends up in this situation, this will help them get out of it.
Out of the m4 diagnostic messages, diagnostic macros, m4_fatal looks appropriate for this use case.
master: error message without pkg-config installed, running autogen.sh on Debian:
libtoolize: copying file 'build-aux/m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:16: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_ERROR
If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
See the Autoconf documentation.
configure.ac:261: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
configure.ac:662: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_MSG_WARN
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1
pr: error message without pkg-config installed, running autogen.sh on Debian:
configure.ac:16: error: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG macro not found. Please install pkg-config and re-run autogen.sh
configure.ac:16: the top level
Tested ACK 18f304d988117f2675e7393adda9f960fbf3cb3a
./autogen.sh
configure.ac:16: error: PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG macro not found. Please install pkg-config and re-run autogen.sh
configure.ac:16: the top level
autom4te: /usr/bin/m4 failed with exit status: 1
aclocal: error: /usr/bin/autom4te failed with exit status: 1
autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
Although the referenced issue is really a case of not reading the docs (@laanwj :D)
I agree, but the error message in this case was just absurd.