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From: Richard Yao <ryao@×××××××××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Luca Barbato <lu_zero@g.o>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] new virtual/pkgconfig to support lighter alternatives
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 00:20:31
Message-Id: 4F9DDA83.2030507@cs.stonybrook.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] new virtual/pkgconfig to support lighter alternatives by Luca Barbato
1 On 04/29/12 19:29, Luca Barbato wrote:
2 > On 29/04/12 15:11, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 >> the canonical pkg-config is getting fat. it requires glib-2. it runs pkg-
4 >> config when building. glib-2 requires pkg-config. whee.
5 >
6 >> for our normal systems, this isn't a big deal. but we'd like to enable a
7 >> lighter alternative for embedded/alternative systems. as such, i'd like to
8 >> introduce a virtual/pkgconfig that allows for selection of simpler (but
9 >> compatible) implementations.
10 >
11 >> we've got an implementation in perl (i'm not interested in), but there is also
12 >> "pkg-config-lite" and "pkgconf". they should be compatible with the canonical
13 >> pkg-config. they aren't yet in the tree, but will be once we agree on this
14 >> topic.
15 >
16 >> any comments ?
17 >
18 > Please do now =)
19 >
20 > lu
21 >
22 >
23
24 Agreed. :)

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