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On 2017-07-28 18:07, Francisco Ares wrote: |
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> Recently I tried to build one of my programs in an Ubuntu distro, and |
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> it didn't build at all, messing library and include files names and |
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> locations. |
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> How do real developers manage this? And why this difference happens, |
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> in the first place? Why mangle uper/lower case characters in library |
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> file names? |
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> I guess that's why "autoconf" "configure" et al exists... But never |
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> tried to learn about them, so perhaps it's time now? |
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No, it's why pkg-config(1) et al exists. For the kind of problems you |
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mention, you should be able to use pkg-config without autotools. |
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Please don't Cc: me privately on mailing lists and Usenet, |
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if you also post the followup to the list or newsgroup. |
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Do obvious transformation on domain to reply privately _only_ on Usenet. |
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