Rainer Gerhards

oh and I forgot: This ``` configure: error: libgcrypt-config not found in PATH and pkg-config is not available. libgcrypt is missing. ``` is a clear indication a dependency is missing....

That's autotools magic ;-) I do not have large inside into the autotools inner workings, but here you can see the related code: https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/main/configure.ac#L1231 Be warned, autotools is not easy...

I need some help from the ARCH community, as this works very well. @schrotthaufen maybe I just revert the PR, so you can craft a new one.

> Actually, lemme test real quick with the GitHub repo did you also run ``` autoreconf -fiv && ./configure --your-options ``` from the github repo? What does it tell?

just to set the expectations straight: I will wait at least one more week for either a reply from @schrotthaufen or new user reports of the same issue. Then I'll...

> Would posting the config.log be of any use? wouldn't hurt :-)

from the log I see there is pkg-config on the system, but the pkg_config files for libgcrpyt cannot be found (at least so I interpret it). The fallback binary also...

@zhw2101024 many thanks for your help. I will see what I actually can fix based on your advise.

@zhw2101024 I just noticed you opened https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/pull/6136 -- will now check there. I also noticed the culprit why the problem was not detected, at least I think so (will see...

Thx everyone for the help and persistence!