If ncurses is installed, but at a non-default location, the previous error message was not helpful in resolving the situation. Now it will suggest that pkg-config might need to be installed in addition to ncurses. Signed-off-by: Alyssa Ross <hi@xxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh | 3 +++ scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh | 14 ++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh index c812872d7f9d..aa68ec95620d 100755 --- a/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh +++ b/scripts/kconfig/mconf-cfg.sh @@ -44,4 +44,7 @@ echo >&2 "* Unable to find the ncurses package." echo >&2 "* Install ncurses (ncurses-devel or libncurses-dev" echo >&2 "* depending on your distribution)." echo >&2 "*" +echo >&2 "* You may also need to install pkg-config to find the" +echo >&2 "* ncurses installed in a non-default location." +echo >&2 "*" exit 1 diff --git a/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh b/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh index 001559ef0a60..569226f1b497 100755 --- a/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh +++ b/scripts/kconfig/nconf-cfg.sh @@ -41,7 +41,17 @@ fi echo >&2 "*" echo >&2 "* Unable to find the ncurses package." -echo >&2 "* Install ncurses (ncurses-devel or libncurses-dev" -echo >&2 "* depending on your distribution)." +echo >&2 "*" +if [ -n "$(command -v pkg-config)" ]; then + echo >&2 "* Install ncurses (ncurses-devel or libncurses-dev" + echo >&2 "* depending on your distribution)." +else + echo >&2 "* You may need to install ncurses" + echo >&2 "* (ncurses-devel or libncurses-dev" + echo >&2 "* depending on your distribution)." + echo >&2 "*" + echo >&2 "* If you have ncurses installed," + echo >&2 "* you may also need to install pkg-config." +fi echo >&2 "*" exit 1 -- 2.23.0
