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

From: Antoine Brodin <antoine_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2026 16:53:53 UTC
On Sat, Apr 25, 2026 at 3:05 PM Pierre Pronchery <khorben@freebsd.org> wrote:
>
>                 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

The one from the ports tree has:
PKG_DEFAULT_PATH =
/usr/local/libdata/pkgconfig:/usr/libdata/pkgconfig:/usr/local/share/pkgconfig
SYSTEM_INCLUDEDIR = /usr/include
SYSTEM_LIBDIR = /usr/lib

Antoine