8.21. Pkgconf-2.4.3

The pkgconf package is a successor to pkg-config and contains a tool for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the configure and make phases of package installations.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 4.7 MB

8.21.1. Installation of Pkgconf

Create the PKGBUILD for the Pkgconf package with the following commands:

mkdir /sources/pkgconf
cd /sources/pkgconf
cat > PKGBUILD << "REALEOF"
# Maintainer: Linux From Scratch <lfs-dev@lists.linuxfromscratch.org>

pkgname="pkgconf"
pkgver="2.4.3"
pkgrel="1"
pkgdesc="The pkgconf package is a successor to pkg-config and contains a tool for passing the include path and/or library paths to build tools during the configure and make phases of package installations."
arch=('x86'
      'x86_64')
url="https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf"
license=('custom'
         'MIT')
groups=('core')
depends=('glibc')
makedepends=('bash'
             'binutils'
             'coreutils'
             'gawk'
             'gcc'
             'grep'
             'make'
             'sed')
source=('https://distfiles.ariadne.space/pkgconf/pkgconf-2.4.3.tar.xz')
md5sums=('781a513f4ca3d068155482a37986d594')
    
build() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  ./configure --prefix=/usr     \
              --disable-static  \
              --docdir="/usr/share/doc/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  make
}

package() {
  cd "${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
  make DESTDIR="${pkgdir}" install
  ln -sv pkgconf   "${pkgdir}/usr/bin/pkg-config"
  ln -sv pkgconf.1 "${pkgdir}/usr/share/man/man1/pkg-config.1"
}
REALEOF

Prepare the build directory for the pacman user and build the package:

chown -R root:pacman .
chmod 2775 .
chmod 664 PKGBUILD
su pacman -c 'makepkg -L --nodeps'

Add the newly created package to the central package repository:

cp pkgconf-2.4.3-1-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz \
   /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/
repo-add /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/LFS.db.tar.xz \
         /srv/pacman/repos/LFS/pkgconf-2.4.3-1-$(uname -m).pkg.tar.xz

Update the local cache and install the Pkgconf package:

pacman -Syu
pacman -S pkgconf --overwrite \* -dd --noconfirm

Finally, copy the source files into the source repository and clean up the build directory:

mkdir /srv/pacman/source/LFS/pkgconf
cp PKGBUILD /srv/pacman/source/LFS/pkgconf
cd /sources
rm -rf pkgconf

8.21.2. Contents of Pkgconf

Installed programs: pkgconf, pkg-config (link to pkgconf), and bomtool
Installed library: libpkgconf.so
Installed directory: /usr/share/doc/pkgconf-2.4.3

Short Descriptions

pkgconf

Returns meta information for the specified library or package

bomtool

Generates a Software Bill Of Materials from pkg-config .pc files

libpkgconf

Contains most of pkgconf's functionality, while allowing other tools like IDEs and compilers to use its frameworks