autogen.sh error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CONFIG

SlimXin commented at 7:49 AM on July 14, 2015: none

configure.ac:894: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR

laanwj added the label Build system on Jul 17, 2015

laanwj commented at 7:47 PM on July 17, 2015: member

Sounds like you need to install pkgconfig.

eldiegocvl commented at 7:13 PM on July 27, 2015: none

I have the same issue on CentOS 6.6 and pkgconfig is already installed: pkgconfig-0.23-9.1.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version

Klakurka commented at 8:23 PM on October 12, 2015: none

I still run into this same issue on the latest master.

I'm running CentOS 6.7. pkgconfig is installed.

paveljanik commented at 7:46 AM on October 25, 2015: contributor

Can you please paste full autogen.sh and configure output?

laanwj commented at 12:06 PM on October 26, 2015: member

Yes, need the line number, it can't be 864 anymore. Also need output of:

autoconf --version
automake --version
m4 --version

I guess it's triggered by this, but don't ask me what it does (looks like a no-op):

PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP="$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP"

@theuni can you take a look? Don't know what CentOS does differently.

theuni commented at 4:46 AM on October 27, 2015: member

The behavior is a bit kludgy, but that's there to un-export PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR, since we export it for OSX (to help with finding brew paths). Exporting a new var breaks autoconf's caching because the env looks different before/after, and that causes all kinds of wonky problems.

No clue why this would upset CentOS. I suppose we could guard that path so that we only unset what we ourselves export.

theuni commented at 4:49 AM on October 27, 2015: member

The above comment was assuming those lines were causing the issue. I'd say it's more likely that CentOS doesn't ship the pkgconfig m4 like other distros do, or pkg-config is too old.

Klakurka commented at 3:42 AM on October 28, 2015: none

autogen.sh output:

libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `build-aux/m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `build-aux/m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
libtoolize: putting auxiliary files in AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR, `build-aux'.
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/ltmain.sh'
libtoolize: putting macros in AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR, `build-aux/m4'.
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/libtool.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltoptions.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltsugar.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/ltversion.m4'
libtoolize: copying file `build-aux/m4/lt~obsolete.m4'
configure.ac:939: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
  If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
  See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

autoconf --version:

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.63
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by David J. MacKenzie and Akim Demaille.

automake --version:

automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
   and Alexandre Duret-Lutz <adl@gnu.org>.

m4 --version:

m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.13
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Rene' Seindal.

Let me know if you need anything else.

MarcoFalke commented at 8:57 PM on November 11, 2015: member

Can reproduce what @Klakurka said on cbf9609 and CentOS release 6.7 (Final):

configure.ac:957: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR

Which is this line: https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/blob/cbf9609c71c6dca6efac8504dc9bd82f6b205cc9/configure.ac#L957

Not sure but this diff seems to work around.

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8aea90..ec25aca 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -954,9 +954,9 @@ PKGCONFIG_PATH_TEMP="$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
 unset PKG_CONFIG_PATH
 PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$PKGCONFIG_PATH_TEMP"

-PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP="$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
-unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
-PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP"
+#PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP="$PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR"
+#unset PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
+#PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR="$PKGCONFIG_LIBDIR_TEMP"

 ac_configure_args="${ac_configure_args} --disable-shared --with-pic --with-bign
 AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS([src/secp256k1 src/univalue])

(Couldn't go further because configure complains about

checking for EVENT... no
configure: error: libevent not found.

even though

Package libevent-devel-1.4.13-4.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Package libevent-doc-1.4.13-4.el6.noarch already installed and latest version
Package libevent-headers-1.4.13-4.el6.noarch already installed and latest version
Package libevent-1.4.13-4.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version

)

EDIT: I need libevent2, probably.

laanwj commented at 8:29 AM on November 12, 2015: member

I remember having a similar issue to what @MarcoFalke was having at some point, also worked around it by commenting out those lines. Some versions don't like this define-undefine dance.

theuni commented at 8:46 AM on November 12, 2015: member

Ok, I'll hide that so it's osx only.

ayangliayangli commented at 8:21 AM on March 16, 2016: none

@MarcoFalke , does it work when you use libevent2.0 libevent also can not found when i do that

ayangliayangli commented at 9:08 AM on March 16, 2016: none

it does not work when commenting those lines because it can not found libevent when config ... ... even if use libevent2.0

config error checking for EVENT... no configure: error: libevent not found.

can you give some better suggestion

my env centos 6.5 + bitcoin core 0.12 @theuni @laanwj

laanwj commented at 9:12 AM on March 16, 2016: member

@yangllsdev if it is a different problem please open a new issue instead of commenting on this one, that's considered rude.

You certainly need libevent 2.0+. But It looks to me that you have only the shared library installed and not the development headers. If you do have the libevent headers (event.h, evhttp.h etc) on your system and it doesn't detect them, please open a new issue.

ayangliayangli commented at 11:56 AM on March 16, 2016: none

@laanwj thanks i will try agin tomorrow thanks it is useful

laanwj renamed this:
~~bug for excuting autogen.sh~~
autogen.sh error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
on Mar 16, 2016

Zenitur commented at 9:17 AM on October 3, 2016: none

Confirm on SLES 11. Bitcoin Core 0.13 https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:linux4humans:qt5.6/bitcoin

laanwj assigned theuni on Oct 3, 2016

kuzyakiev commented at 12:41 PM on November 12, 2017: none

Have the same issue on CentOS 6.5 && bitcoin v0.15.1 autogen.sh output:

build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:1022: _LT_SYS_MODULE_PATH_AIX is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:4161: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:5236: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
configure.ac:78: the top level
configure.ac:78: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:4161: _LT_LINKER_SHLIBS is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:5236: _LT_LANG_C_CONFIG is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
configure.ac:78: the top level
configure.ac:78: warning: AC_LANG_CONFTEST: no AC_LANG_SOURCE call detected in body
../../lib/autoconf/lang.m4:193: AC_LANG_CONFTEST is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2661: _AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
../../lib/autoconf/general.m4:2678: AC_LINK_IFELSE is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:1022: _LT_SYS_MODULE_PATH_AIX is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:5343: _LT_LANG_CXX_CONFIG is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:785: _LT_LANG is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:768: LT_LANG is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:796: _LT_LANG_DEFAULT_CONFIG is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:138: _LT_SETUP is expanded from...
build-aux/m4/libtool.m4:67: LT_INIT is expanded from...
configure.ac:78: the top level
configure.ac:1257: error: possibly undefined macro: PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR
      If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
      See the Autoconf documentation.
autoreconf: /usr/local/bin/autoconf failed with exit status: 1

autoconf --version

autoconf (GNU Autoconf) 2.69
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+/Autoconf: GNU GPL version 3 or later
<http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>, <http://gnu.org/licenses/exceptions.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

automake --version

automake (GNU automake) 1.11.1
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

m4 --version

m4 (GNU M4) 1.4.13
Copyright (C) 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Rene' Seindal.

kuzyakiev commented at 12:45 PM on November 12, 2017: none

Fixed with: #6602 (comment)

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