On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 10:04:35AM -0700, Greg Steuck wrote: > Theo Buehler <t...@theobuehler.org> writes: > > >> Alright. I've added that and will let you know if it happens again. > > > > This gives slightly more info. No change in the rest of the log except > > time stamps. > > I'm pretty sure this is both new and actionable: > > > Running: /usr/bin/pkg-config --version > > Running: /usr/bin/pkg-config --variable pc_path pkg-config > > Running: /usr/bin/pkg-config --version > > Running: /usr/bin/pkg-config --list-all > > Failed to query pkg-config, Cabal will continue without solving for > > pkg-config > > constraints: dieVerbatim: user error (CallStack (from HasCallStack): > > withMetadata, called at src/Distribution/Simple/Utils.hs:368:14 in > > Cabal-3.10.1.0-KNis1qL4Wul5JivvGU00XF:Distribution.Simple.Utils > > Error: cabal: '/usr/bin/pkg-config' exited with an error: > > Problem reading file /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/dcmtk.pc > > I don't normally have /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/dcmtk.pc, installing > graphics/dcmtk allows me to reproduce the bug. In particular, something > is fishy about this file or pkg-config:
The file has a single space leading whitespace. pkgconf can deal with it, base pkg-config can't. > > % /usr/bin/pkg-config --list-all > /dev/null > Problem reading file /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/dcmtk.pc > % echo $? > 1 > % pkg-config --exists dcmtk > % echo $? > 1 > % ls -l /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/dcmtk.pc > -rw-r--r-- 1 root bin 666 Oct 5 04:36 /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/dcmtk.pc > > Thanks > Greg
