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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new eclass - pkgconfig.eclass
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:15:12
Message-Id: 201211282014.21824.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: new eclass - pkgconfig.eclass by Justin
1 On Wednesday 28 November 2012 16:49:14 Justin wrote:
2 > Problem:
3 > Some packages aren't lucky and their buildsystem doesn't create
4 > pkg-config files out of the box.
5 >
6 > Solution:
7 > Create them by hand.
8
9 i agree this is a problem. but i think the only real place to fix this is in
10 the upstream package. otherwise, the .pc file is largely unused and kind of
11 pointless. other people have already enumerated more detailed responses, so
12 i'll just leave it at this.
13 -mike

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