Comment 6 for bug 1024009

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.
>
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> 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/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
> ar: creating ./libbin_mkltfs.a
> pkgdata: ranlib ./libbin_mkltfs.a
>
> Pkgdata should call "icu-config" without any path prefix and let the
> shell find automatically the program in the directories listed in the
> PATH variable.
>
> The bug is not present in version 2.4.1-3 of the package.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: libicu-dev 4.8.1.1-3
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-26.41-generic 3.2.19
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-26-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu8
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Thu Jul 12 20:02:00 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386
> (20110427.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm
> LC_COLLATE=C
> PATH=(custom, user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: icu
> UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-26 (77 days ago)
>
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