On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 01:25:07AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> > > * Don't use other *-config tools. > > While many libraries these days use pkg-config, there are also other > > libs which ship their own tools for querying library and header include > > paths, libs needed for linking, etc. The problem is that all of these > > tools I've seen are incapable of distinguishing between what's needed > > for static linking, and what's needed for dynamic linking. > Would you recommend against *shipping* such a script when upstream > provides it (in addition to a .pc file)? If upstream ships both a .pc file (either correct, or fixable as described) and a -config script that does the wrong thing, then yeah, I would recommend to not ship the -config script unless there is a compelling reason why you need to keep it... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
Attachment:
signature.asc
Description: Digital signature