Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > pkg-config is broken because it checks for the existance of > > libraries, and not for the features that are required for the > > program to run. > > It does not even check for the existence of libraries. > It checks for the existence of a .pc file and assumes > that the user (or administrator) has supplied the correct > information. > > Sighs, which is the exact same thing. > No, it is not the same thing. The user can construct foo.pc to add -lbar to the build when the package requests libfoo. The user has more control over certain aspects of the build, but less safety because no checks are done during configure time to ensure that libbar even exists, unless the maintainer takes extra steps to do so beyond invoking PKG_CHECK_MODULES. There is an extra level of indirection available to the user at configure time. -- William Pursell _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
