[tlbuild] Using external poppler

[Peter Breitenlohner]

On Sun, 7 Jun 2009, vext01 at gmail.com wrote:

> I am having problems using --with-system-xpdf with a recent snapshot.
>
> configure: checking requested system `xpdf' library...
> checking for free... no

Hi Edd,

this is the first problem: free() is not found. Why?

> checking goo/gtypes.h usability... no
> checking goo/gtypes.h presence... no
> checking for goo/gtypes.h... no
> configure: error: some requested system libraries failed
>
> Here is the relevent part of config.log:
>
> configure:22342: checking goo/gtypes.h usability
> configure:22359: cc -c -I/usr/local/include/poppler
> -DPOPPLER_VERSION=\"0.10.6\"
> -I/usr/local/include/poppler  -I/usr/X11R6/include/freetype2
> -I/usr/X11R6/inclu
> de -I/usr/local/include/freetype1/freetype -I/usr/local/include
> -I/usr/local/inc
> lude/libpng   conftest.c >&5
> <command line>:4:18: missing terminating " character
> configure:22366: $? = 1

Looks very much like an unsuitable (broken) shell.  What is your bin/sh.

You may have to use a better shell, e.g.,
 	CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/bash /bin/bash ./Build
or equivalent.

Regards
Peter