[Nix-dev] mxe on NixOS

[Luca Bruno]

On Sunday, August 16, 2015, James Cook <james.cook at utoronto.ca> wrote:

> To perhaps simplify the problem, does anyone know how to build glib on
> a NixOS system the old-fashioned way, without using nix? If I just run
> ./autogen.sh in a fresh glib checkout, I get a similar error to the
> one Andrew is getting.
>
> A parallel question: Andrew, are you familiar enough with nixpkgs to
> try writing an nix expression that unpacks mxe and tells it to build
> glib? That might be another approach, though I think it would be nice
> if users had the option of not doing it that way.
>
> $ ./autogen.sh
> You don't have gtk-doc installed, and thus won't be able to generate
> the documentation.
> autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
> autoreconf: running: aclocal --force -I m4macros ${ACLOCAL_FLAGS}
> autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
> autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Libtool
> autoreconf: running:
> /nix/store/prmn46fajbj2ymcw43aqrdfbii1bj8bz-autoconf-2.69/bin/autoconf
> --force
> configure.ac:88: error: possibly undefined macro: AC_DEFINE
>       If this token and others are legitimate, please use m4_pattern_allow.
>       See the Autoconf documentation.
> autoreconf:
> /nix/store/prmn46fajbj2ymcw43aqrdfbii1bj8bz-autoconf-2.69/bin/autoconf
> failed with exit status: 1


You need pkgconfig in your env.


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