[syslog-ng] Syslog-ng 2.0/2.1 on Fedora Core 4

[Evan Rempel]

Which shell ar you using?
in some shells (csh and tcsh) the env is NOT propogated to children. in 
those you need to setenv PKG_CONFIG_PATH or you chould just use bash to
start with.

Evan.

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008, Ivey, Chris wrote:

> Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:50:35 -0500
> From: "Ivey, Chris" <Chris.ivey at acs-inc.com>
> Reply-To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>     <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng 2.0/2.1 on Fedora Core 4
> 
> Scott et. al.,
>
>    OK, I am following along with the directions from the "compile
> syslog-ng" page but am getting errors.  I have seen TONS of posts about
> folks having this error, but I have not found a solution.  Here is a snip of
> the output from the configure command:
>
> sudo ./configure --enable-spoof-source
> ...
> checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
> checking for GLIB... yes
> checking for EVTLOG... no
> configure: error: Cannot find eventlog version >= 0.2: is pkg-config in
> path?
>
> I found the command the configure script runs, so I ran it manaully:
>
> sudo /usr/bin/pkg-config --exists --print-errors eventlog
> Package eventlog was not found in the pkg-config search path.
> Perhaps you should add the directory containing `eventlog.pc'
> to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
> No package 'eventlog' found
>
> env | grep PKG
> PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
>
> ls -al /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root  237 Apr 25 08:19 eventlog.pc
>
> Can anyone help me figure this issue out?  Thanks in advance!
>
> Chris Ivey
>
> Affiliated Computer Services
> Enterprise Management Integration Services
> Infrastructure Management Senior Analyst
>
> chris.ivey at acs-inc.com
>
> "I have not failed, I have simply found 10,000 ways which do not work!" --
> Thomas Edison
> "When you find yourself in a hole, the best thing to do is stop digging!" --
> Nick Stokes
> "I reject your reality, and substitute my own!" -- Adam Savage
>
>
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> From: syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
> [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu] On Behalf Of ScottO
> Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:36 AM
> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
> Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Syslog-ng 2.0/2.1 on Fedora Core 4
>
>
> Those version numbers should obviously updated to the latest available, :)
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:35 AM, ScottO <skippylou at gmail.com
> <mailto:skippylou at gmail.com> > wrote:
>
>
> On various versions of CentOS and Fedora, all I do is:
>
> - ./configure;make;make install on eventlog-0.2.5.tar.gz (from syslog-ng
> site)
> - export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
> - ./configure;make;make install on syslog-ng-2.0.5.tar.gz (from syslog-ng
> site)
>
> I did also need to install the glib2-devel package, which I didn't have
> already installed.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Scott
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Ivey, Chris <Chris.ivey at acs-inc.com
> <mailto:Chris.ivey at acs-inc.com> > wrote:
>
>
> Hi folks!  I posted this question previously, but I am still not clear on
> the process involved in putting a newer version of syslog-ng on my Fedora
> Core 4 machines.  I need to upgrade, because my version (1.6.11) does not
> support hi-res timestamps.  Can anyone provide some guidance as to how to go
> about this process?  I got information previously to compile from source,
> but I am not 100% clear on the process.  Any guidance from you fine folks
> would be terribly appreciated!!!  Thanks, folks!
>
> Chris Ivey
>
> Affiliated Computer Services
> Enterprise Management Integration Services
> Infrastructure Management Senior Analyst
>
> chris.ivey at acs-inc.com <mailto:chris.ivey at acs-inc.com>
>
> "I have not failed, I have simply found 10,000 ways which do not work!" --
> Thomas Edison
> "When you find yourself in a hole, the best thing to do is stop digging!" --
> Nick Stokes
> "I reject your reality, and substitute my own!" -- Adam Savage
>
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