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

From: Pierre Pronchery <khorben_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 13:05:23 UTC
		Hi Antoine, (all)

> On 25 Apr 2026, at 14:57, Antoine Brodin <antoine@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM Pierre Pronchery <khorben@freebsd.org> 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.
>> 
>>    Sponsored by:           Alpha-Omega, The FreeBSD Foundation
>>    Reviewed by:            bapt, philip
>>    Approved by:            philip (mentor)
>>    Differential Revision:  https://reviews.freebsd.org/D56404
> 
> Does this version behave the same as the version from ports?  Spoiler:
> it does not

The objective is that it does behave the same way as the version from
ports. I am sorry that it doesn’t, and I am trying to understand how and
why.

> It breaks some ports:
> https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy24/data/main-amd64-default/pa52afc55257c_s0f7b8f79f6/logs/errors/rubygem-nokogiri-1.19.1_1.log
> https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy24/data/main-amd64-default/pa52afc55257c_s0f7b8f79f6/logs/errors/gtk2-2.24.33_1.log
> https://pkg-status.freebsd.org/beefy24/data/main-amd64-default/pa52afc55257c_s0f7b8f79f6/logs/errors/gtk-layer-shell-0.10.1.log
> and probably a lot more

I’m looking into it; thanks.

Cheers,
-- 
khorben