Bug #127049 for GD: gdlib-config: warning: this script is deprecated; please use the pkg-config file instead

Thu Sep 06 10:46:32 2018 ppisar [...] redhat.com - Ticket created

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gdlib-config: warning: this script is deprecated; please use the pkg-config file instead

When building GD against libgd 2.2.5, gdlib-config reports this warning: gdlib-config: warning: this script is deprecated; please use the pkg-config file instead. I can see Makefile.PL prefers gdlib-config and falls back to pkg-config. I think it would be better to reverse the order and try pkg-config first.

Thu Sep 06 10:54:28 2018 RURBAN [...] cpan.org - Taken

Thu Sep 06 11:01:04 2018 RURBAN [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

On Thu Sep 06 10:46:32 2018, ppisar wrote: Show quoted text

> When building GD against libgd 2.2.5, gdlib-config reports this > warning: > > gdlib-config: warning: this script is deprecated; please use the pkg- > config file instead. > > I can see Makefile.PL prefers gdlib-config and falls back to pkg- > config. I think it would be better to reverse the order and try pkg- > config first.

Sure. But in fact we first try $prefix/lib/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc for the prefix given with the --lib_gd_path option or defaulting to /usr. Only when gdlib.pc is not found there, we call gdlib-config, and if that is not found we search for gdlib.pc via ExtUtils::PkgConfig. I'll rather add another path to the .pc than requiring another external lib. What is the path of your gdlib.pc? -- Reini Urban

Thu Sep 06 11:01:05 2018 The RT System itself - Status changed from 'new' to 'open'

Thu Sep 06 11:16:52 2018 ppisar [...] redhat.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #127049] gdlib-config: warning: this script is deprecated; please use the pkg-config file instead
Date:	Thu, 6 Sep 2018 17:07:56 +0200
To:	Reini Urban via RT <bug-GD [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Petr Pisar <ppisar [...] redhat.com>

On Thu, Sep 06, 2018 at 11:01:05AM -0400, Reini Urban via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=127049 > > > On Thu Sep 06 10:46:32 2018, ppisar wrote:

> > When building GD against libgd 2.2.5, gdlib-config reports this > > warning: > > > > gdlib-config: warning: this script is deprecated; please use the pkg- > > config file instead. > > > > I can see Makefile.PL prefers gdlib-config and falls back to pkg- > > config. I think it would be better to reverse the order and try pkg- > > config first.

> > Sure. > But in fact we first try $prefix/lib/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc for the prefix given with the > --lib_gd_path option or defaulting to /usr. > > Only when gdlib.pc is not found there, we call gdlib-config, and if that is not found > we search for gdlib.pc via ExtUtils::PkgConfig. I'll rather add another path to the .pc than requiring another external lib. > > What is the path of your gdlib.pc?

I see. It's /usr/lib64/pkgconfig/gdlib.pc in my case. -- Petr

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Thu Sep 06 11:28:21 2018 RURBAN [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

Another problem with the .pc: features is not defined there, only in the gdlib-config. So I rather stay with this deprecation warning, and only fallback to the .pc if is gone. E.g. there could be no GD_GIF support without me even knowing, and don't really want to probe the library for symbols. -- Reini Urban

Thu Jan 10 04:56:21 2019 RURBAN [...] cpan.org - Correspondence added

I added this feature in the rt127049-pkg-config branch, but it's worse than master, as explained above. We'll reconsider when gdlib-config is removed. -- Reini Urban

Thu Jan 10 04:56:22 2019 RURBAN [...] cpan.org - Status changed from 'open' to 'stalled'