On OS X, failing to install pkg-config results in a broken build with no obvious error
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- Python
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Description
@ljbade
On OS X, if pkg-config is not installed before building a mason project, e.g. mapbox-gl-native for android, then the build will semi-silently fail to do the pkg-config step but proceed on to a broken build (as evidenced by errors such as not finding the headers for mason packages).
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Research direction
Reproduce the build on OS X without pkg-config, using the mason project example described in the issue. Inspect the pkg-config step and its handling of failure; done means the missing dependency produces an obvious error instead of continuing to a broken build.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- macos
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100