pkgdata calls "./icu-config"

> The bug is not present in version 2.4.1-3 of the package.

Sorry, the bug is not present in version 4.2.1-3 of the package.

How is 'configure' being called, particularly, what prefix? The
"./icu-config" should actually be a full path to where ICU was installed.

There isn't any configure, I'm invoking pkgdata from the shell. The "./icu-config" path comes from some pkgdata default. The same commands works fine with libicu-4.2.1-3 but fails with libicu-4.4.2-2 and later, so I assume it is a recent libicu bug.

I found this interesting behaviour:

 $ pkgdata -v -p bin_mkltfs -m static -q packagelist.txt
# Calling icu-config: ./icu-config --incpkgdatafile
sh: 1: ./icu-config: not found
pkgdata: icu-config: Could not read from icu-config. (fix PATH or use -O option)
 required parameter is missing: -O is required for static and shared builds.
Run 'pkgdata --help' for help.

$ /usr/bin/pkgdata -v -p bin_mkltfs -m static -q packagelist.txt
# Calling icu-config: /usr/bin/icu-config --incpkgdatafile
# icu-config said: /usr/lib/icu/4.8.1.1/pkgdata.inc
# pkgdata: Reading packagelist.txt..
# Reading options file /usr/lib/icu/4.8.1.1/pkgdata.inc
# pkgDataFlags= "-a gcc", "so", "so", "a", "lib", ".48.1.1", "gcc -D_REENTRANT -DU_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED= -g -Wall -O2 -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -c", "-I/usr/include -DPIC -fPIC", "gcc -g -Wall -O2 -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic"
# Writing package file ./bin_mkltfs.dat ..
# libFileName[LIB_FILE] = libbin_mkltfs
# libFileName[LIB_FILE_VERSION] = libbin_mkltfs.a (static)
# Generating assembly code of type -a gcc ..
pkgdata: gcc -D_REENTRANT -DU_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED= -g -Wall -O2 -Wall -ansi -pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -c -I/usr/include -DPIC -fPIC -o ./bin_mkltfs_dat.o ./bin_mkltfs_dat.s
pkgdata: ar r ./libbin_mkltfs.a ./bin_mkltfs_dat.o
pkgdata: ranlib ./libbin_mkltfs.a

In other words pkgdata works if invoked with the full path of the executable and fails if called only by program name, even if it is in the PATH:

$ echo $PATH
/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

So it is definitely a pkgdata bug.

That does sound like a bug. if invoked w/o a path it should not assume a
path.

please file a bug upstream http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/newticket

Also, the 'configure' i was referring to was configure when ICU was built.
but, it's moot.

-s

On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Massimo Dal Zotto <email address hidden> wrote:

> I found this interesting behaviour:
>
> $ pkgdata -v -p bin_mkltfs -m static -q packagelist.txt
> # Calling icu-config: ./icu-config --incpkgdatafile
> sh: 1: ./icu-config: not found
> pkgdata: icu-config: Could not read from icu-config. (fix PATH or use -O
> option)
> required parameter is missing: -O is required for static and shared
> builds.
> Run 'pkgdata --help' for help.
>
> $ /usr/bin/pkgdata -v -p bin_mkltfs -m static -q packagelist.txt
> # Calling icu-config: /usr/bin/icu-config --incpkgdatafile
> # icu-config said: /usr/lib/icu/4.8.1.1/pkgdata.inc
> # pkgdata: Reading packagelist.txt..
> # Reading options file /usr/lib/icu/4.8.1.1/pkgdata.inc
> # pkgDataFlags= "-a gcc", "so", "so", "a", "lib", ".48.1.1", "gcc
> -D_REENTRANT -DU_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED= -g -Wall -O2 -Wall -ansi -pedantic
> -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes -Wwrite-strings
> -Wno-long-long -c", "-I/usr/include -DPIC -fPIC", "gcc -g -Wall -O2 -Wall
> -ansi -pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes
> -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -shared -Wl,-Bsymbolic"
> # Writing package file ./bin_mkltfs.dat ..
> # libFileName[LIB_FILE] = libbin_mkltfs
> # libFileName[LIB_FILE_VERSION] = libbin_mkltfs.a (static)
> # Generating assembly code of type -a gcc ..
> pkgdata: gcc -D_REENTRANT -DU_ATTRIBUTE_DEPRECATED= -g -Wall -O2 -Wall
> -ansi -pedantic -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wmissing-prototypes
> -Wwrite-strings -Wno-long-long -c -I/usr/include -DPIC -fPIC -o
> ./bin_mkltfs_dat.o ./bin_mkltfs_dat.s
> pkgdata: ar r ./libbin_mkltfs.a ./bin_mkltfs_dat.o
> pkgdata: ranlib ./libbin_mkltfs.a
>
> In other words pkgdata works if invoked with the full path of the
> executable and fails if called only by program name, even if it is in
> the PATH:
>
> $ echo $PATH
> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
>
> So it is definitely a pkgdata bug.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to icu in
> Ubuntu.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1024009
>
> Title:
> pkgdata calls "./icu-config"
>
> Status in “icu” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> Running pkgdata it complains that "./icu-config" is not found. However
> /usr/bin/icu-config is installed and if i create a symlink ./icu-
> config the program works as expected:
>
> $ pkgdata -v -p bin_mkltfs -m static -q packagelist.txt
> # Calling icu-config: ./icu-config --incpkgdatafile
> sh: 1: ./icu-config: not found
> pkgdata: icu-config: Could not read from icu-config. (fix PATH or use -O
> option)
> required parameter is missing: -O is required for static and shared
> builds.
> Run 'pkgdata --help' for help.
>
> $ ln -s /usr/bin/icu-config ./
> $ pkgdata -v -p bin_mkltfs -m static -q packagelist.txt
> # Calling icu-config: ./icu-config --incpkgdatafile
> # icu-config said: /usr/lib/icu/4.8.1.1/...

Upstream is http://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/9426 and is in reviewing state.