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RE: how should package config files be installed
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Andy Falanga (afalanga) |
Subject: |
RE: how should package config files be installed |
Date: |
Tue, 31 Mar 2015 20:54:55 +0000 |
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Friesenhahn [mailto:address@hidden
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2015 2:47 PM
> To: Andy Falanga (afalanga)
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: how should package config files be installed
>
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2015, Andy Falanga (afalanga) wrote:
>
> > I want to distribute the correct *.pc files with the libraries I'm
> > building. While it's a simple matter to find the format of this file
> > (by examining existing ones or online), I'd like to know if there's a
> > preferred procedure for generating these files. What should be done
> > in order to make this work?
>
> I am not sure what the correct procedure is, but I packages I maintain
> (and many others) use autoconf to configure a templated "foo.pc.in"
> and then install it using Automake.
Hm ... now that sounds like a nice, workable, solution.
Andy