Re: git: b8352da33f34 - main - pkgconf: import into the base system

From: Pierre Pronchery <khorben_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:08:28 UTC
			Hey Mark, (all)

> On 22 Apr 2026, at 16:05, Mark Johnston <markj@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 01:45:26PM +0000, Pierre Pronchery wrote:
>> The branch main has been updated by khorben:
>> 
>> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=b8352da33f3434f0ba6093df361261d1b1f973a1
>> 
>> commit b8352da33f3434f0ba6093df361261d1b1f973a1
>> Author:     Pierre Pronchery <khorben@FreeBSD.org>
>> AuthorDate: 2026-04-08 16:52:29 +0000
>> Commit:     Pierre Pronchery <khorben@FreeBSD.org>
>> CommitDate: 2026-04-22 13:42:56 +0000
>> 
>>    pkgconf: import into the base system
>> 
>>    This introduces the following option:
>> 
>>    * MK_PKGCONF: determines if pkgconf and bomtool should be built
>> 
>>    The objective is to allow the creation of SBOM information while
>>    building FreeBSD's src tree. The build system cannot rely on the
>>    presence of bomtool (and eventually also spdxtool) in the build
>>    environment, except for having it as part of the src tree directly.
>> 
>>    The framework implementing the generation of SBOM files is under review
>>    in D56474.
>> 
>>    This will also help simplifying the build, with the introduction of
>>    another framework relying on the availability of pkgconf.
> 
> I see a number of ATF-based regression tests in the contrib directory,
> but they are not connected to the build.  Are you planning to hook them
> up?

I was not planning to do that, but it is a good suggestion; I will look into
it.

Cheers,
-- 
khorben