> I imagine that pkg-config has not been integrated into Autoconf > because it does not fit well into the Autoconf philosophy.
I use pkg-config quite heavily in one of my projects, I'm just wondering is there a more "autoconf" way of performing the same task as I constantly run into different problems related to finding flags etc.. using pkg-config. The way is to simply not use pkg-config, and use AC_CHECK_* functions to find what is needed; and let the user specify where/what, using *FLAGS. pkg-config tries to solve an important problem, but it does so in the wrong way. pkg-config checks for an exact library name, and optionally exact version numbers. A similar library can exist with the same API, but with different name and version, in which case any checks done by PKG_CHECK_* during configure will fail. Autoconf works by testing specific features, hence why it doesn't fit with the autoconf philosophy. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
