On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 11:44 -0700, Murray S. Kucherawy wrote: > What's the current general wisdom on using the pkg-config extensions? > I presume there's a reason they've not been incorporated into basic > autoconf, so I'm keen to learn what common practices there are toward > adopting it into people's builds (or avoiding it). I have experienced many issues using pkg-config. Most of the issues stemmed from users compiling and installing their own libraries, where one (or more) of the following happens: * Their custom built library is not used, the system's is. * pkg-config did not locate an installed library, due to the library not installing the files that pkg-config needs to work * Conflicts with the users preference regarding CFLAGS Additionally, you will encounter additional problems on systems ~3 years old, of which many are still in production. I really recommend avoiding it. In my experience, it creates more frustration than it solves. Regards, --Tim -- Monkey + Typewriter = Echoreply ( http://echoreply.us ) _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
