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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:08:34 -0400 |
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Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sunday 29 April 2012 18:40:00 Jeff Horelick wrote: |
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> > On 29 April 2012 18:11, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote: |
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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. |
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> > > whee. |
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> > > |
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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. |
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> > > as such, i'd like to introduce a virtual/pkgconfig that allows |
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> > > for selection of simpler (but compatible) implementations. |
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> > > |
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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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> > > |
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> > > any comments ? |
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> > |
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> > I'd just like to say, i'm also an Atheme project member and I have |
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> > authorisation from nenolod (the primary pkgconf developer) to make |
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> > changes and stuff, so I can upstream any changes necessary to make |
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> > pkgconf work for us. |
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> that sounds really good. i sent you some patches ;). |
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> however, it's missing pkg.m4. any thoughts on that ? |
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Maybe we should provide it independently in some other package. |
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Considering the implementations are supposed to be compatible, the .m4 |
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file should work fine with all of them. And we'll create same configure |
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files independently of which impl particular user uses. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |