Re: X Strike Force SVN commit: rev 555 - in branches/4.3.0/sid/debian: . patches
On Monday 22 September 2003 05:54 am, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-09-22 at 04:11, Warren Turkal wrote:
> In the meantime, David Dawes convinced me that this isn't very useful
> for the traditional X libraries because pkg-config support for them
> can't be relied upon anyway.
The only reason it cannot be relied upon is because XFree doesn't ship the .pc
files required to take advantage of it. Pkg-config requires the .pc files to
be installed to use it. This patch fills that gap. Current autoconf tests
are based on heuristics instead of actual data supplied by these .pc files.
> I'm not a native English speaker, but none of the definitions of
> gratuitousness I've seen mention quantity. I'll gladly take a pointer to
> the real definition though.
You are correct...my mistake.
> My concern is that this could be considered sneaking it in through the
> back door.
There is no sneaking around. If people use it, they do. I know I will. I am
not forcing anyone to do so. I am just adding functionality, that I think
will be beneficial, to what is already there.
> That being said, if the majority of the XSF thinks that the pros of this
> change outweigh the cons, then that's fine with me, and I'll shut up. :)
I am in favor of it mainly because of the pkg-config makes it very easy to
discover the location of arbitrary libs (so long as they have .pc files
installed).
wt
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Warren Turkal
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