Amarok 2 build issues with libmtp

[Ian Monroe]

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Jeff Mitchell
<kde-dev at emailgoeshere.com> wrote:
> Mark Kretschmann wrote:
>> Hey all (and especially Xevix),
>>
>> lately I've been reading a lot about build troubles involving libmtp.
>> I hear that Amarok depends on the newer version of this library than
>> most distros provide. Typical error log:
>
> Most newer versions of distros provide libmtp 0.3...it's been out for a
> bit.  One problem though is that many other projects haven't been fixed
> up to work with the new version, so a distro may hold back so as not to
> break existing software.
>
> More on point, I don't know why CMake does not detect this properly.
> I've looked through the code before and it seems to be using pkg-config,
> which should be returning the correct information, but CMake seems to
> either be ignoring it or mishandling it.

Yea. It's really weird. The variable is set correctly (or appears to
be), but then cmake ignores it and compiles the code anyways.

Ian