On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 05:44:34 -0500, Daniel Veillard wrote: > Okay I have only one normative text for what pkgconfig is all about: > > man pkg-config > ------------------------- > The pkg-config program is used to retrieve information about installed > libraries in the system. It is typically used to compile and link > against one or more libraries. Here is a typical usage scenario in a > Makefile: > ------------------------- > > pkg-config is there to get library dependancies. Program needing fam or > gamin support need it to get the libraries to link to. The output of > pkgconfig cflags or link must *NOT* show glib output, even if from a > packaging level, gamin requires glib for the server side. The fact that > KDE requires fam or gamin, does not mean it should link against glib. > So without further detailed information allowing to disambiguate using > pkgconfig for it's original goal of simplifying compiling and linking from > the added use as a packaging dependancy, bug #152486 is a WONTFIX for me. Bug-specific replies are better added in bugzilla. I replied to #152486 already. gamin-devel's gamin.pc file creates a dependency on glib2-devel for glib-2.0 and gthread-2.0 CFLAGS and LDFLAGS, see: pkg-config --cflags --ldflags gamin That is a bug, if these are wrong and not needed. The fix for gamin-devel then would be to drop these dependencies from the gamin.pc file instead of adding "Requires: glib2-devel" to the rpm.
