Subj : Re: Thanks see forward to maybe have fmail as well from git ?
To   : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Benny Pedersen
Date : Sun Feb 23 2025 14:05:38

Hello Wilfred!

21 Feb 2025 16:41, Wilfred van Velzen wrote to Benny Pedersen:

 WvV> Hi Benny,

 WvV> On 2025-02-21 14:33:30, you wrote to me:

 BP>>>>> https://paste.xinu.at/6u4lw/

 BP>>>>> this solves gentoo compile of fmail, add this patch to sources

 WvV>>>> I'll test it on my systems first!

 WvV>>> It's not working on my system:

 BP>> i knewed this :)

 WvV>>> ~/Projects/FMail/cmake-build-test> cmake ..
 WvV>>> -- The C compiler identification is GNU 4.8.5
 WvV>>> -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc
 WvV>>> -- Check for working C compiler: /usr/bin/cc -- works
 WvV>>> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info
 WvV>>> -- Detecting C compiler ABI info - done
 WvV>>> -- Detecting C compile features
 WvV>>> -- Detecting C compile features - done
 WvV>>> -- Found PkgConfig: /usr/bin/pkg-config (found version "0.28")
 WvV>>> -- checking for modules 'IMPORTED_TARGET;GLOBAL;ncurses'
 WvV>>> --   package 'IMPORTED_TARGET' not found
 WvV>>> --   package 'GLOBAL' not found
 WvV>>> --   package 'ncurses' not found
 WvV>>> CMake Error at /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:340
 WvV>>> (message):

why does cmake fails there ?

 WvV>>>   A required package was not found
 WvV>>> Call Stack (most recent call first):
 WvV>>>   /usr/share/cmake/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake:502
 WvV>>> (_pkg_check_modules_internal)
 WvV>>>   CMakeLists.txt:112 (pkg_check_modules)

 BP>> you will have to solve this so i dont need to make my homework self :)

 WvV> I'm not a gentoo user, so if the standard cmake file for fmail, that 
 WvV> works on a lot of systems, doesn't work for you, you will have to fix 
 WvV> it yourself! ;-)

you could make gentoo much better if you begin using pkg* tools as it intended

as you say its common tools that works for other then gentoo, lol :=)


 Regards Benny

.... too late to die young :)

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