On 03/07/13 16:44 +0100, Marc Lehmann wrote:
On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 08:55:59AM -0600, Dan White <[email protected]> wrote:
Supporting:
./configure && make install
Is my best argument for pkg-config.
Well, since pkg-config would fail in your described scenario (libev
installed in a non-standard location means pkg-config will not find it
either...), I am not sure what this is an argument for.
It would not fail, assuming you apply a sane pkg-config patch to libev.
Note that the above works fine even without pkg-config.
Another way to look at this is as a granularity problem. You focus on
libev, and the necessary steps to install it, and that's understandable.
But as an application developer, I have to be concerned about X libraries,
and the pain that users may have to go through to get my application
compiled.
Clearly pkg-config has advantages here. pkg-config files will get
installed in standard locations regardless of where the library gets
installed.
--
Dan White
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