Do not look for json-c. https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig/issues/108 --- configure.orig 2023-01-27 02:22:13.000000000 -0600 +++ configure 2023-01-28 19:44:08.000000000 -0600 @@ -19226,7 +19226,7 @@ if test -n "$JSONC_CFLAGS"; then pkg_cv_JSONC_CFLAGS="$JSONC_CFLAGS" - elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then + elif test -n ""; then if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \ { { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"json-c\""; } >&5 ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "json-c") 2>&5 @@ -19243,7 +19243,7 @@ fi if test -n "$JSONC_LIBS"; then pkg_cv_JSONC_LIBS="$JSONC_LIBS" - elif test -n "$PKG_CONFIG"; then + elif test -n ""; then if test -n "$PKG_CONFIG" && \ { { printf "%s\n" "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors \"json-c\""; } >&5 ($PKG_CONFIG --exists --print-errors "json-c") 2>&5