Modify upstart to provide more debugging information but can't configure upstart

Question

On an embedded ARM device, Linux 3.12.8 is slow to start in some configurations. From the messages elicited there is clearly something that upstart is waiting for. However, it is very difficult to find out what since the system has not started, and logging in to issue initctl to find out what it is doing is not available.

Building it looks like it should be simple, but ./configure does not work. The last bit it shows is:

checking for gcc option to accept ISO C99... -std=gnu99
checking for pkg-config... /usr/bin/pkg-config
checking pkg-config is at least version 0.22... yes
checking for nih-dbus-tool... no
checking for NIH... no
configure: error: Package requirements (libnih >= 1.0.2) were not met:

No package 'libnih' found

Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively, you may set the environment variables NIH_CFLAGS
and NIH_LIBS to avoid the need to call pkg-config.
See the pkg-config man page for more details.

I have searched all over the Ubuntu repositories for nih, libnih, and even NIH. I am trying to do this on x86-64 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS with kernel 3.10.5 to make it easier to succeed for the moment. What am I missing?

Answer 1

NIH Utility Library in Launchpad

To install:

sudo apt-get install libnih1

Development package is named libnih-dev You might also need libnih-dbus1 and libnih-dbus-dev packages.