The problem occurs with system modules where it's necessary to use pkgConfig and pkgConfig contains flag definitions.
ImageMagick (homebrewed)
I create two packages: CMagicWand, type system-module
module.modulemap
module CMagickWand [system] {
header "/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.5-0/include/ImageMagick-7/MagickWand/MagickWand.h"
link "MagickWand"
export *
}
Package.swift
import PackageDescription
let package = Package(
name: "CMagickWand",
pkgConfig: "MagickWand"
)
Then I try to consume it from the package MagicWand type library
Package.swift
import PackageDescription
let package = Package(
name: "MagickWand",
dependencies: [
.Package(url: "../CMagickWand", majorVersion: 1)
]
)
pkgConfig MagickWand.pc
prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.5-0
exec_prefix=${prefix}
libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib
includedir=${prefix}/include/ImageMagick-7
includearchdir=/usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/7.0.5-0/include/ImageMagick-7
libname=MagickWand-7.Q16HDRI
Name: MagickWand
Description: MagickWand - C API for ImageMagick (ABI Q16HDRI)
URL: https://www.imagemagick.org
Version: 7.0.5
Requires: MagickCore
*Cflags: -I${includearchdir} -I${includedir} -DMAGICKCORE_HDRI_ENABLE=1 -DMAGICKCORE_QUANTUM_DEPTH=16*
Libs: -L${libdir} -l${libname}
Libs.private: -L${libdir} -l${libname} -L/usr/local/opt/freetype/lib -lfreetype -L/usr/local/Cellar/xz/5.2.3/lib -llzma -lbz2 -lz -lltdl -lm -lm
With this setup I execute swift build for the second package and the output is following
Cloning /bla-bla-bla/Libraries/CMagickWand
HEAD is now at 30ed4b4 Initial commit
Resolved version: 1.0.0
error: nonWhitelistedFlags("Non whitelisted flags found: [\"-DMAGICKCORE_HDRI_ENABLE=1\", \"-DMAGICKCORE_QUANTUM_DEPTH=16\", \"-DMAGICKCORE_HDRI_ENABLE=1\", \"-DMAGICKCORE_QUANTUM_DEPTH=16\"] in pc file MagickWand")
I tried to remove problematic CFlags from the corresponding .pc file and this doesn't help, even if I figure out how to remove them (I always can create my own .pc file) I don't find it sustainable. These flags are there for a reason.
I have the same problem with mysqlclient on my target system (Ubuntu), the problem is not reproducible on OS X but it doesn't help me:
error: nonWhitelistedFlags("Non whitelisted flags found: [\"-fabi-version=2\", \"-fno-omit-frame-pointer\"] in pc file mysqlclient")
The error comes from the func whitelist (https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager/blob/master/Sources/PackageLoading/Module%2BPkgConfig.swift) and I don't see any way how to enhance the list during runtime. I don't believe that I'm the only one who struggles with this limitation but I can't find a workaround for a few days already.