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 02:05 pm

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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