On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 08:56:20PM +0100, Helmut Grohne wrote: > A slightly better way would be using AC_PATH_TOOL (with the same > arguments) and the only difference here is considering $ac_tool_prefix. > The recommended way is using the PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG macro from > pkg-config tough. This macro will result in an empty PKG_CONFIG variable > if pkg-config happens to not be found rather than the "no" value > depicted above.
http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Oct-20.html had some strong words to say about using pkg.m4. Are those concerns still valid? Should pkg.m4's macros be recommended or simply AC_PATH_TOOL? Cheers, -- James GPG Key: 4096R/91BF BF4D 6956 BD5D F7B7 2D23 DFE6 91AE 331B A3DB
