David Dawes wrote: > I think you have your perspective backwards. Autotools is supposed to > handle system differences for the software package, not impose > requirements > on the underlying system.
Autotools do not require pkg-config. It just makes autotools significantly easier to implement in a portable way for libs. > X libraries are already installed on countless > systems, and they're not going to magically acquire .pc files just > because you say you need them. If an autotooled package requires them, > the autotooled package is broken. Autotools do not require them...pkg-config just makes autoconf work a lot easier. I could write custom autoconf macros that test for Xrender in common locations, or we could put pkg-config support in and it would not have to guess. The .pc files tell it where to find the libs. Warren -- Warren Turkal President, GOLUM, Inc. http://www.golum.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
