[PATCH] Gnucash port update and fix for pkgconf

[Guido Falsi]

On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:50:40AM -0500, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Guido Falsi <madpilot at freebsd.org> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > The finance/gnucash port is broken right now.
> >
> > It contains an improper use of pkg-config which was innocuous, but is
> > fatal with pkgconf. It causes an invalid Makefile to be generated by
> > configure.
> >
> > Since a new version is also out I made a patch with a quick and dirty
> > fix for the brokenness.
> >
> > The fix just forces a bogus value in the configure script in place of a
> > backtick comamnd. That variable really looks unused anyway by the build
> > system. GnuCash builds fine in tinderbox and wiorks correctly on a real
> > system with real data.
> >
> > I'm attaching it requesting approval to commit it.
> >
> > I also wrote a bug report for this on the gnome bugzilla, waiting
> > feedback. ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=680708 )
> 
> You have my approval. Yes, it does look like it's just some leftover
> and need to be removed. Just let you know about --version can be
> changed to --modversion if you find other ports that have like this.
> Thanks!
> 
> $PKG_CONFIG --version xml
> 
> To:
> 
> $PKG_CONFIG --modversion libxml-2.0

This is good to know! Thanks!

Also the bug I filed had a very fast turnover and the removal of that
variable has already been committed to their tree. So this will be a
temporary fix till the next update, I hope.

-- 
Guido Falsi <madpilot at FreeBSD.org>