Library dependencies in prl/pc files of Qt4
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Hi Qt4 maintainers,
I have a concern and a possible request regarding the dependencies listed in the
prl files. According to [1], any object should only be linked against those
libraries from which it actually uses symbols. However, in all pkg-config or
other files for Qt4, *all* libraries are listed, dragging in a lot of actually
unneeded dependencies. In my case (PyQt4), the only dependencies needed are the
various libqt4-* packages, but neither freetype nor any X library. I've modified
the build system of PyQt4 to get rid of this problem, but a recent bug [2]
introduced a bigger problem. The QtAssistantClient library is static and thus
needs QtCore (and maybe others) when linked. Still, the prl-file contains all
libraries (freetype, fontconfig etc) which are needed by QtCore. I could modify
the build system a bit more, but I'm already quite uncomfortable with my changes.
I wanted to discuss this issue with you to find a good solution for everybody.
best,
Torsten
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2005/11/msg00016.html
[2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=385818
Please CC me, I'm not subscribed! TIA
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