On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 09:05:19AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > Tollef Fog Heen wrote: >> - Man page documents how to get the default search path. >> Closes: #576320 > > Thanks! It doesn't seem to mention /usr/lib/<simplified triplet>/pkgconfig > and /usr/local/lib/<simplified triplet>/pkgconfig, though --- would > that be difficult to fix?
Something like this, maybe? -- >8 -- Subject: Document pc_path more prominently After giving a sketch of a typical search path, give a pointer to allow the reader to look up the search path on her system. Fixes Debian #576320 --- pkg-config.1 | 4 +++- 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/pkg-config.1 b/pkg-config.1 index 1d88908..df854e4 100644 --- a/pkg-config.1 +++ b/pkg-config.1 @@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ extension. On most systems, \fIpkg-config\fP looks in .I /usr/lib/pkgconfig, /usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and .I /usr/local/share/pkgconfig -for these files. It will additionally look in the colon-separated +for these files. See "QUERYING PKG-CONFIG'S DEFAULTS" below to +determine the default search path on your system. +It will additionally look in the colon-separated (on Windows, semicolon-separated) list of directories specified by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable. .PP -- 1.7.5.1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
