Re: g_string_insert_c: assertion 'pos <= string->len' failed

On 08/11/2017 05:30 PM, Chapman Flack wrote:

>> GLib-CRITICAL **: g_string_insert_c: assertion 'pos <= string->len' failed
> 
> This turns out to be a result of the RHEL box having both the
> i686 and x86_64 versions of glib2 installed, and the Amanda build
> finding the glibconfig.h header from the 32-bit one, but then getting
> linked to the 64-bit library.
> 
> Now to determine how that happened / how to prevent it.

Simplest solution (for anyone running into the same issue) seems to be
to prefix
  PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/lib64/pkgconfig
to the 'configure' command line.

-Chap