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Re: Why they are two directories for pkgconfig



On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 11:38:59AM +0000, Michael Ott wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I found two directories for pkgconfig files. One is the normal one
> /usr/lib/pkgconfig/
> and the other one is
> /usr/share/pkgconfig
> 
> Why that? Bug or feature?

Dunno :-)

> # ls /usr/share/pkgconfig
> gnome-icon-theme.pc  iso-codes.pc

On my half upgraded etch laptop
#locate pkgconfig
/usr/lib/pkgconfig
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/openssl.pc

#dpkg -S /usr/lib/pkgconfig
libssl-dev: /usr/lib/pkgconfig

Try 'dpkg -S /usr/share/pkgconfig' on your system.

-- 
Chris.
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" ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of
rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness."
Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005.



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