On Sat, Sep 03, 2005 at 12:46:31PM +1000, skaller wrote: > Does Debian have a policy on use of pkg-config? > On my Ubuntu systems there are some *.pc files, but the set > is not only incomplete .. it isn't closed either. > Perhaps pkg-config files should be REQUIRED for Debian, > and the package names should agree with the Debian ones? Er... that's certainly not enforceable. > Pkgconfig is totally useless unless it is properly supported. > It's also not a very good program -- perhaps Debian can come > up with something better? Yes, pkg-config sucks. Unfortunately, there are a number of upstreams (e.g., GNOME) that are unlikely to be willing to make such a switch this late in the game. The current upstream for pkg-config is a Debian developer, even, but he's somewhat constrained by the loopy ideas that others in the community have about what pkg-config should be. -- 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/
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