wrong error message in ./configure

[em92]

Hi!
Trying to compile profanity. I already have compiled libmesode* files in /home/eugene/.local/lib
and libmesode.h in /home/eugene/.local/include.
I run this:

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

export libmesode_LIBS="-L/home/eugene/.local/libs -lmesode"  # pay attention to typo in directory. It is "libs", but must be "lib" 
export libmesode_CFLAGS="-I/home/eugene/.local/include"
./configure --prefix=/home/eugene/.local

Expected Behavior

Expecting message like "-lmesode" not found.

Current Behavior

checking for libmesode... yes
checking for ncursesw... yes
checking for wget_wch support in ncursesw... no
configure: error: ncurses does not support wide characters

Possible Solution

Maybe adding extra check when trying to compile this

int main() {
  return 0;
}

config.log attached. There is /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lmesode

config.log

[DebXWoody]

Did you install libmesode also in your distribution? Will pkg-config --libs libmesode find mesode?

[em92]

Did you install libmesode also in your distribution? Will pkg-config --libs libmesode find mesode?

$ pkg-config --libs libmesode
Package libmesode was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `libmesode.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'libmesode' found

libmesode.pc existed in my ~/.local/lib/pkgconfig/libmesode.pc but I didn't set PKG_CONFIG_PATH. So I configurated environment variables libmesode_LIBS and libmesode_CFLAGS (see first message, there is a comment about a typo).

Anyway, the problem is that error message says "There is a problem with wget_wch" but in fact it just didn't find libmesode with incorrect settings. So I spent time searching solution how to fix problem with wget_wch meanwhile everything was fine with it.

[pasis]

I've added additional check that a simple program builds with libstrophe/libmesode. This check makes sense for libstrophe, since the library is not common for all Linux/*nix distributions and users need to install it manually.

But please don't ask to do this for every library that is present in most distributions :).