Unable to configure on ARMv7 about statsite

[devinrsmith]

This problem was fixed with apt install pkg-config!

[johnkeates]

Hmm, seems to be related to the build system but not statsite. I wonder if PKG_CHECK_MODULES needs a special -dev package of check to make this work? The configure script generated by autotools does a version check on the requested modules, and if the module cannot be found (maybe because it wasn't registered by pkg-config on the system - but dpkg/apt does this normally) the human-friendly message is shown.

Is there a check-dev or libcheck or something on Debian for ARMv7? I have a BBB and Pi2 and 3 to test with if need be, but if you already have it setup it would be quicker if you did it.

[devinrsmith]

check-dev or libcheck don't seem to be installed... but a bunch of other stuff is. I'm not very familiar w/ these build systems. Do you have an ssh public key? I can give you access to remote in if you are adventurous!

[devinrsmith]

Oh, you are saying I might have to install those packages (if they exist). Quick check on https://packages.debian.org/search?suite=default&section=all&arch=any&searchon=names&keywords=check doesn't turn up anything obvious...

[devinrsmith]

I'm going to try it on a clean box, will report back.

[devinrsmith]

Same issue, running off of a fresh debian.

[johnkeates]

What kind of a device is it? I do sometimes feel adventurous, but if I have a comparable ARM board here it might save you the security headache of having stranger SSH into your box.

[devinrsmith]

Scaleway C1, https://www.scaleway.com/baremetal-cloud-servers/. I spun up a fresh instance, pretty cheap. I'll ditch it soon, so no security headaches here.

I was able to get an install of statsite on their Arch Linux on C1, but not their Debian on C1. I'm wondering if it has something to do with the kernel. It looks like Debian stretch is supposed to be kernel 4.9, but seems to be 4.3.5 on scaleway. Bit out of my league here!

# cat /etc/issue
Arch Linux \r (\l)
# uname -a
Linux scaleway 4.15.13-1-ARCH #1 SMP Tue Mar 27 01:36:28 UTC 2018 armv7l GNU/Linux

# cat /etc/debian_version
9.4
# uname -a
Linux statsite 4.3.5-std-1 #1 SMP Fri Feb 19 11:52:18 UTC 2016 armv7l GNU/Linux

[johnkeates]

Hmm, I think the kernel shouldn't be an issue, strange to see this happen. Maybe an SSH inspection is worth it since it seems they have a ton of hardware so there is a chance someone else might hit this issue. How would you like to exchange details? I don't think github has a private messaging facility.

[devinrsmith]

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