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On Sunday 29 April 2012 18:11:58 Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> the canonical pkg-config is getting fat. it requires glib-2. it runs pkg- |
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> we've got an implementation in perl (i'm not interested in), but there is |
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> also "pkg-config-lite" and "pkgconf". they should be compatible with the |
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> canonical pkg-config. they aren't yet in the tree, but will be once we |
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> agree on this topic. |
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pkg-config-lite and pkgconf are in the tree now, and there is a |
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virtual/pkgconfig which allows for these three packages (with the default |
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remaining the same). |
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i think the migration process will be: |
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- if you want to do the grunt work of converting random packages, go for it |
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- i'll update repoman to warn about packages depending on dev-util/pkgconfig |
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and suggest the virtual instead |
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-mike |
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