On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 04:52:39PM +0100, Stanislav Brabec wrote: > Daniel Stone wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 04:40:56PM +0100, Stanislav Brabec wrote: > > > And what about adding pkg-config file desktop-file-utils.pc, as other > > > packages do. It can provide correct value of prefix, bindir etc. > > > > Surely this just shifts the problem to a more obscure one? This way, > > you'll need to keep $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig in $PKG_CONFIG_PATH, rather > > than only having to remember to update $PATH. > > Yes, but it is already done in products using obscure paths. > > In difference to PATH (and "which" binary), pkg-config is intended to > answer questions like: > - Is package desktop-file-utils installed?
if which desktop-file-utils >/dev/null 2>&1; then fi > - Where are desktop-file-utils binaries installed? which desktop-file-utils > - Which version of desktop-file-utils we are using? desktop-file-utils --version I think it's overkill for your requirements, personally. Cheers, Daniel _______________________________________________ xdg mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xdg
