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On 30 April 2012 14:27, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 04/30/2012 01:11 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> |
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>> the canonical pkg-config is getting fat. it requires glib-2. it runs |
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>> pkg- |
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>> 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 enable a |
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>> lighter alternative for embedded/alternative systems. as such, i'd like |
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>> to |
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>> introduce a virtual/pkgconfig that allows for selection of simpler (but |
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>> compatible) implementations. |
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> |
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> |
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> [1] pkgconf is not compatible as per Comment #5 of bug 413849. needs to |
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> follow same version scheme as f.d.o's pkg-config. |
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not compatible != wrong. There is NO CASE in which a developer would |
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hit this bug and customize their check in a way that would make it |
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only work with fd.o pkg-config. In *EVERY* real-world case, the |
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pkgconf behaviour would work just as well or better. |
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