On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 07:27:51PM +0200, Theo Buehler wrote: > 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.
Apparently other pkgconf implementations also have issues. Upstream removed the offending whitespace. https://github.com/DCMTK/dcmtk/pull/82
