Re: Request for a DFB version of libcairo2

[Dave Beckett <dave@dajobe.org>]

Eddy Petrişor wrote:
> On 6/8/06, Dave Beckett <dave@dajobe.org> wrote:
>> > The "regular" and "-directfb" lib and -dev packages would need to be
>> > co-installable on a regular Debian system.
>>
>> That's not possible since both -dev packages have to provide the same
>> file
>> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/cairo.pc and conflict, so that 'pkgconfig cairo
>> --libs'
> 
> No, I don't think that's right, you will have somthing like is done
> for gtk packages[1][2]; I think the packages should provide cairo.pc
> and cairo-directfb.pc
> 
> As is done there:
> usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdk-directfb-2.0.pc
> usr/lib/pkgconfig/gtk+-directfb-2.0.pc
> 
> are provided by libgtk+2.0-directfb-dev
> 
> while
> 
> usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdk-2.0.pc
> usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdk-pixbuf-2.0.pc
> usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdk-pixbuf-xlib-2.0.pc
> usr/lib/pkgconfig/gdk-x11-2.0.pc
> usr/lib/pkgconfig/gtk+-2.0.pc
> 
> are provided by libgtk2.0-dev.
> 
> Am I missing something?

yes this change could be made, but this would require a patch to be made to
gtk+2.0-directfb (udeb)'s configure to use pkgconfig cairo-directfb rather
than pkgconfig cairo.  Is that correct?

Dave