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Re: pkg-config wisdom
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Russell Shaw |
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Re: pkg-config wisdom |
Date: |
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:28:54 +1100 |
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William Pursell wrote:
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
pkg-config is broken because it checks for the existance of libraries,
and not for the features that are required for the program to run.
It does not even check for the existence of libraries.
It checks for the existence of a .pc file and assumes
that the user (or administrator) has supplied the correct
information.
It would be useful to have a note in the autoconf manual about
pkg-config, why it exists, and what problems it has. I've wondered
for years about it, and have used it a bit. I haven't found any
authoritive discussion about it other than random posts if one
gets lucky. I might know a bit more now, but a lot of others
don't. I still don't know why pkg-config exists, except that
it seems to avoid autoconfery, which many don't grok.
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, (continued)
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/10/22
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, William Pursell, 2009/10/23
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/10/24
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Russell Shaw, 2009/10/24
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, William Pursell, 2009/10/25
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/10/25
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, William Pursell, 2009/10/25
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/10/25
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, William Pursell, 2009/10/25
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Tim Post, 2009/10/26
- Re: pkg-config wisdom,
Russell Shaw <=
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Tim Post, 2009/10/26
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Andrew W. Nosenko, 2009/10/23
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, John Calcote, 2009/10/23
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Ben Pfaff, 2009/10/23
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/10/24
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Peter Johansson, 2009/10/24
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Bob Friesenhahn, 2009/10/24
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Ralf Wildenhues, 2009/10/25
- Re: pkg-config wisdom, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2009/10/24
Re: pkg-config wisdom, Tim Post, 2009/10/22