Re: Library builds with pkg-config

[Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>]

Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson@gisladisker.se> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to find the correct way of installing a pkg-config
> specification, the like of 
>
>      /usr/lib/pkgconfig/dummy.ac
>
> for the developmental package of a library. Would
>
>   1)   # debian/control
>        Depends: pkgconfig
>
>   2)   # debian/rules
>        dh_install debian/dummy.ac usr/lib/pkgconfig/
>
> together suffice for this task? I seem not able to locate
> a tailored debhelper command for this task. Right?

No Depends. The library can be used fine without pkg-config even if
that is less than perfect.

MfG
        Goswin