Configure fails on Mac OS X 10.15.7 (Catalina)

[smanet80]

Expected behaviour

Configure should be able to use the provided PCSC library installed from Brew on Mac OS X 10.15.7
echo $PCSC_CFLAGS
/usr/local/Cellar/pcsc-lite/1.9.4/include/PCSC/

Actual behaviour

Configure fails with the following error:

configure: WARNING: libpcsclite not found by pkg-config
checking for ifdhandler.h... no
configure: error: ifdhandler.h not found, install libpcsclite or use ./configure PCSC_CFLAGS=...
Based on output of config.log, it seems that the PCSC_CFLAGS is ignored. More in the Logs section.

Files in the location:

$ ls -lha $PCSC_CFLAGS
total 168
drwxr-xr-x 8 user wheel 256B 1 Oct 17:01 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 user wheel 96B 1 Oct 17:01 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 4.8K 1 Oct 17:01 debuglog.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 30K 1 Oct 17:01 ifdhandler.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 15K 1 Oct 17:01 pcsclite.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 15K 1 Oct 17:01 reader.h
-rw-r--r-- 1 user wheel 4.1K 1 Oct 17:01 winscard.h
-rw-r--r-- 1
config.log
user wheel 3.0K 1 Oct 17:01 wintypes.h

Steps to reproduce

1. Download latest tar.gz version from here
2. Install pcsc-lite from brew
3. Export the library location via PCSC_CFLAGS (e.g. export PCSC_CFLAGS=[path]
4. Try the "configure" command on Mac OS X 10.15.7, which will fail with the above error

Logs

$ grep 'PCSC_CFLAGS' config.log
configure:18159: error: ifdhandler.h not found, install libpcsclite or use ./configure PCSC_CFLAGS=...
ac_cv_env_PCSC_CFLAGS_set=set
ac_cv_env_PCSC_CFLAGS_value=/usr/local/Cellar/pcsc-lite/1.9.4/include/PCSC
PCSC_CFLAGS='-I/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk/System/Library/Frameworks/PCSC.framework/Versions/Current/Headers -DRESPONSECODE_DEFINED_IN_WINTYPES_H -I/Users/user/Downloads/virtualsmartcard-0.8//MacOSX'

[frankmorgner]

macOS has a standalone implementation for PC/SC, which is not PCSC-Lite from brew. I think, the default to use should be the former.

Anyway, the compiler flags for macOS are not trivial. I've included a script in the Makefile to do that. Please try

./configure
make osx

If that doesn't work out of the box (anymore), please adapt the single steps to your need:

vsmartcard/virtualsmartcard/MacOSX/Makefile.am

Lines 8 to 36 in 9284766

	OSX_TOOLS_DIR = "$(shell xcode-select -p)/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs"
	OSX_TOOL_DIR ?= "$(OSX_TOOLS_DIR)/$(shell ls -1 $(OSX_TOOLS_DIR) | sort -n -k2 -t. -r | head -1)/usr"
	OSX_TARGETDIR = $(abs_top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE_TARNAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)_osx
	osx: $(OPENPACE_MAKEFILE)
	@echo Compiling OpenPACE
	$(MAKE) -C $(OPENPACE) osx
	rm -rf $(OSX_TARGETDIR) dmg $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE_TARNAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)_osx.dmg
	@echo Configuring virtualsmartcard for IFD bundle
	cd $(top_builddir) && ./configure --enable-infoplist --prefix=/Library/VirtualSmartCard \
	CFLAGS="-arch x86_64" \
	--enable-serialdropdir=/usr$(OSX_SERIAL_LOCAL_PREFIX)/libexec/SmartCardServices/drivers/ifd-vpcd.bundle/Contents/MacOS \
	--enable-serialconfdir=/usr$(OSX_SERIAL_LOCAL_PREFIX)/libexec/SmartCardServices/drivers/ifd-vpcd.bundle/Contents
	@echo Compiling virtualsmartcard
	make -C $(top_builddir) clean install DESTDIR=$(OSX_TARGETDIR)
	@echo Configuring virtualsmartcard for builtin libpcsclite
	cd $(top_builddir) && ./configure --enable-infoplist --prefix=/Library/VirtualSmartCard \
	CFLAGS="-arch x86_64" \
	--enable-serialdropdir=/usr$(OSX_SERIAL_LOCAL_PREFIX)/libexec/SmartCardServices/drivers/ifd-vpcd.bundle/Contents/MacOS \
	--enable-serialconfdir=/usr$(OSX_SERIAL_LOCAL_PREFIX)/libexec/SmartCardServices/drivers/ifd-vpcd.bundle/Contents \
	--enable-libpcsclite
	@echo Compiling virtualsmartcard
	make -C $(top_builddir) clean install DESTDIR=$(OSX_TARGETDIR)
	mv $(OSX_TARGETDIR)/usr $(OSX_TARGETDIR)/Library/VirtualSmartCard/usr
	pkgbuild --root $(OSX_TARGETDIR) --scripts MacOSX_install --identifier com.vsmartcard.virtualsmartcard.mac --version $(PACKAGE_VERSION) --install-location / VirtualSmartCard-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)_install.pkg
	pkgbuild --nopayload --identifier com.vsmartcard.virtualsmartcard.mac.uninstall --scripts MacOSX_uninstall Uninstall_VirtualSmartCard.pkg
	mkdir -p dmg
	cp *.pkg dmg
	cp $(OPENPACE)/cross/*.pkg dmg
	hdiutil create -srcfolder dmg -volname "$(PACKAGE_STRING) for Mac OS X" $(top_builddir)/$(PACKAGE_TARNAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)_osx.dmg

[smanet80]

Hi Frank,

It seems that the issue with the configure itself. Even without parameters, it cannot find ifdhandler.h (that's the reason why I have tried with brew to get the PCSC library):

configure: WARNING: libpcsclite not found by pkg-config
checking for ifdhandler.h... no
configure: error: ifdhandler.h not found, install libpcsclite or use ./configure PCSC_CFLAGS=...

I did run a find on whole system and I can't find that file anywhere outside in the brew location.

[frankmorgner]

What version of XCode do you have installed?

[smanet80]

Version 12.4 (12D4e)

[frankmorgner]

maybe your support files are missing, have you tried xcode-select --install?

[smanet80]

I have looked into that before but it seems that xcode is up to date:

$ xcode-select --install
xcode-select: error: command line tools are already installed, use "Software Update" to install updates

The only update I have is to upgrade to Monterey at the moment.

I was reading this blog here: https://ludovicrousseau.blogspot.com/2014/03/evolution-of-apple-pcsc-lite-from.html and it made me wonder if Catalina doesn't come anymore with those libraries/heaaders?

[smanet80]

Ok this is pretty interesting.

If I download and try to configure the pre-packaged version 0.8, it fails with the error above.
I have installed autoconf, automake, libtool via brew and cloned the git repository.

Followed the steps for Unix/Linux compilation and the configure doesn't fail in the same way.

autoreconf --verbose --install
autoupdate
./configure --enable-infoplist

I am not sure what is the difference here.
I have tried to run autoreconf on the pre-package bundle but that still doesn't work for me.

[frankmorgner]

I was able to reproduce the problem, but I have no idea what causes it...

[smanet80]

I had a subsequent problem with the fact that the system defaults to Python 2.6, which I have resolved pointing the PYTHON environment variable to python3 binary (Python 3.9). After that, the make install is fully successful and I have also tested the application with my identity card, all is working.
Please let me know if I can be of any help in fixing the issue or providing any evidences.

[andreolira]

I had a subsequent problem with the fact that the system defaults to Python 2.6, which I have resolved pointing the PYTHON environment variable to python3 binary (Python 3.9). After that, the make install is fully successful and I have also tested the application with my identity card, all is working.
Please let me know if I can be of any help in fixing the issue or providing any evidences.

Does anyone have detailed install instructions? I may be particularly dense today, but am not having much luck installing. Also, anyone installed this with Monterey?

[gy-mate]

I have the same issue on macOS 13.3.1 Ventura, with Xcode 14.2 and Python 3.11.3 installed.

[frankmorgner]

I've updated the installation guide:

vsmartcard/virtualsmartcard/doc/README.txt.in

Lines 138 to 143 in 509a14b

	git clone https://github.com/frankmorgner/vsmartcard.git
	cd vsmartcard/virtualsmartcard
	autoreconf -vis
	./configure --enable-infoplist
	make
	make install