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Re: TODO
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Jacob Meuser |
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Re: TODO |
Date: |
Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:31:57 -0800 |
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On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 03:33:02PM -0600, Albert Chin wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 11:20:13AM +0000, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > Albert Chin wrote:
> > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 03:43:48PM +0000, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > >
> > >>On Tue, 2004-11-09 at 14:24 +0000, Gary V. Vaughan wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>6. Absorb the functionality of the aberration called pkg-config. Libtool
why is pkg-config an aberration? it's very useful for eliminating
disgusting homegrown m4 macros from configure scripts because it's very
easy to use.
> > >>> already has all the information it needs, we just need to teach it
> > >>> (or
> > >>> maybe a subsidiary script) to spit out link flags after poking around
> > >>> in a dependency chain of .la files.
> > >>
> > >>There's actually a couple of things pkg-config does that Libtool doesn't
> > >>currently do. pkg-config's main job can be summed up simply as enabling
> > >>parallel-installed -dev packages.
since when does libtool care about CFLAGS or package versions?
> > > What about non-libtool libraries wanting to benefit from pkg-config?
> > > This will require them to spit out .la files rather than .pc files.
> >
> > Nope, to absorb pkg-config libtool will need to be aware of .pc files too.
> > If libtool can't find a .la file, but there is a suitable .pc file in the
> > search patch, libtool would pull the flags from there.
>
> Just gross!
that's the understatement of the year.
> --
> albert chin (address@hidden)
>
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- Re: TODO, (continued)
- Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/10
- Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/10
- Re: TODO, Albert Chin, 2004/11/11
- Re: TODO, Gary V. Vaughan, 2004/11/12
- Re: TODO, Albert Chin, 2004/11/12
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/12
- Re: TODO,
Jacob Meuser <=
- Re: TODO, Ralf Corsepius, 2004/11/12
- Re: TODO, Jacob Meuser, 2004/11/13
- Re: TODO, Ralf Corsepius, 2004/11/13
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/13
- Re: TODO, Jacob Meuser, 2004/11/13
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/13
- Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/14
- Re: TODO, Albert Chin, 2004/11/14
- Re: TODO, Bob Friesenhahn, 2004/11/14
- Re: TODO, Scott James Remnant, 2004/11/15