Re: [Gimp-developer] GIMP looking for babl and GEGL outside the prefix

[Partha Bagchi <partha1b gmail com>]

Welcome back. :)

Can you not simply pass the LIB statement to configure/autogen or
adjust PKG_CONFIG_PATH?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:03 AM, Elle Stone
<ellestone ninedegreesbelow com> wrote:
> I installed babl/GEGL/GIMP from git in a prefix. Then I installed
> babl/GEGL/GIMP-2.8 from Gentoo portage. When I tried to update GIMP from git
> in the prefix, I got the following terminal output
>
> core/libappcore.a(gimphistogram.o): In function `gimp_histogram_calculate':
> /home/elle/code/gimpdefault/build/gimp/app/core/gimphistogram.c:261:
> undefined reference to `babl_format_get_model'
> . . .
> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> Makefile:890: recipe for target 'gimp-2.9' failed
> make[4]: *** [gimp-2.9] Error 1
> . . .
>
> This problem is documented here:
> http://wiki.gimp.org/wiki/Hacking:Problems_and_solutions#GIMP_build_fails_for_missing_BABL_function
>
> Why is GIMP looking for babl outside the prefix?
>
> Is there a way to make GIMP look inside the prefix and ignore the babl
> install that's outside the prefix? I mean besides uninstalling babl/GEGL
> from portage before updating GIMP in the prefix?
>
> Elle
> _______________________________________________
> gimp-developer-list mailing list
> List address:    gimp-developer-list gnome org
> List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list
> List archives:   https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list