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On 04/30/2012 10:07 PM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 18:11:58 -0400 |
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> Mike Frysinger<vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> |
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>> the canonical pkg-config is getting fat. it requires glib-2. it |
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>> runs pkg- config when building. glib-2 requires pkg-config. whee. |
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>> for our normal systems, this isn't a big deal. but we'd like to |
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>> enable a lighter alternative for embedded/alternative systems. as |
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>> such, i'd like to introduce a virtual/pkgconfig that allows for |
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>> selection of simpler (but compatible) implementations. |
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>> we've got an implementation in perl (i'm not interested in), but |
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>> there is also "pkg-config-lite" and "pkgconf". they should be |
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>> compatible with the canonical pkg-config. they aren't yet in the |
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>> tree, but will be once we agree on this topic. |
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>> any comments ? |
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> |
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> Maybe if pkgconf proves really good we could finally add pkg-config dep |
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> to @system... |
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> |
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Uh no... |
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I thought we are in process of minimizing @system and correcting |
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dependencies in ebuilds accordingly |
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--depclean should be able to clean out things like pkg-config which are |
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not needed at runtime |
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