Hi,
On Fri, Aug 09, 2024 at 09:38:16AM +0200, Holger Jakobs wrote:
> When trying to ./configure PostgreSQL 17 beta3, it complained that the ICU
> libraries weren't installed, when actually they were.
>
> On top of the ICU libraries themselves, another, seemingly unrelated,
> package had to be installed as well.
>
> On Ubuntu, this has to be done: apt install pkg-config
>
> I expect this to be the same on a Debian system, and maybe others.
This is discussed here:
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/17/install-requirements.html
> A hint to this package in some README or BUILD file or in the error output
> of ./configure may be of great help.
I think you are right, the error could be improved. This is because
currently pkg-config support is not actively checked for and the
autoconf macros just fail in this case I believe.
Michael
