"Murray S. Kucherawy" <m...@cloudmark.com> writes:
>> I imagine that pkg-config has not been integrated into Autoconf
>> because it does not fit well into the Autoconf philosophy.
>
> Right, so I'm wondering what that philosophy is, I suppose.
Usually Autoconf tests for particular features, by attempting to
compile (etc.) programs that use those features. pkg-config
instead tests for a particular version of a particular library.
Also, from the introduction to the Autoconf manual:
Because of its mission, the Autoconf package itself
includes only a set of often-used macros that have already
demonstrated their usefulness. Nevertheless, if you wish to
share your macros, or find existing ones, see the Autoconf
Macro Archive (http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/), which is
kindly run by Peter Simons <sim...@cryp.to>.
> I'm also wondering whether some set of macros that follows "if
> pkg-config installed then use it, else try to find stuff using
> this heuristic" exists out there someplace that I can use.
I do not know of one, but I have not looked for one.
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Ben Pfaff
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