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On Monday 23 October 2006 22:22, Olivier Crete wrote: |
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> In the pkg-config case, I was wondering if every ebuild that installs |
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> a .pc file should also have pkg-config in its RDEPEND.. Or should we |
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> push pkg-config into the DEPEND of every package using it. Or both... |
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The .pc file is not just used by pkg-config, some build systems mimic |
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pkg-config by using .pc files directly. |
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It would like having libtool as RDEPEND for every package installing a .la, it |
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just makes no sense. |
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If your package uses pkg-config to discover stuff, you depend on pkg-config at |
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buildtime. Point. |
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