Re: ${lib}-dev, .pc and pkg-config

[Rene Engelhard]

Hi, Am Freitag, 21. Januar 2005 12:08 schrieb Artur R. Czechowski: > pkg-config. It gives standarized interface[1] for getting compiler and > linker flags. What is your recomendation for adding a .pc files in -dev > package? What is your recomendation for using pkg-config in packages > dependend on specific -dev package? > Should be a .pc file provided in any case? Or only when library required > additional -I or -L flags for compiling/linking? I would add it neverthless. For example, when I write the configure checks for using system libs in OOo I simply use PKG_CHECK_MODULES(...) if it's there. Not packaging the .pc if it exists upstream would break them. If upstream hasn't one, well, if there's no -I and -L needed I don't see the point but when theer is either of them needed I would create one if there isn't already one or the old-style foo-config's... Regards, Rene -- ____ /@ alf~-. René Engelhard \/ __ .- | SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nürnberg // // @ [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Tel: +49-911-740 53 - 629