On Sun, Sep 25, 2005, Matthias Kurz wrote:
> Packages that supply .pc files should require pkgconfig.
This was my first impression some time ago, too. But I think it not
really the case. IMHO instead packages who _USE_ .pc files should
require pkgconfig. The problem is that even small harmless libs provide
.pc files and there is no need to require pkgconfig there. OTOH
pkgconfig requires glib2 and some others to compile and this way is not
what one would count as harmless. Also, many packages provide xxx.pc
files just as a new-style goody in addition to the old-style xxx-config
files. Requiring pkgconfig there is also a little bit too much.
Ralf S. Engelschall
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