[lttng-dev] [PATCH babeltrace] configure: fix uuid support detection on static build

[Samuel Martin]

Hi Jérémie,

On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 1:21 AM, Jérémie Galarneau
<jeremie.galarneau at efficios.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Samuel Martin <s.martin49 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> This change adds uuid detection using pkg-config helper before falling
>> back on the standard AC_CHECK_LIB detection for platforms missing
>> pkg-config.
>>
>> AC_CHECK_LIB function achieves its test by trying to link against the
>> requested library, without taking care of its dependency
>> requirements/flags that may differ between different targets.
>> Therefore, in case of static build, it can fail on the uuid detection
>> like [1], because the uuid's dependency flags (regarding gettext) are
>> missing.
>
> Hi Samuel,
>
> The same requirements seem to exist for glib (gettext), does the
> change need to be made for it also?
Maybe, I did not trigger this in my test (certainly because fix the
first error was enough to provide all deps the others need...)
I'll check it and report back here.

Regards,

-- 
Samuel