Re: /usr/local [was: CPPFLAGS prob]

[Russell Shaw]

Dan Kegel wrote:
> Paul Jarc wrote:
>
> > Dan Kegel <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > The right thing to do is use 
> > > /opt/arm-linux/usr/lib/pkgconfig/audiofile.pc,
> > > which will point to the right library.
> >
> > Right.  So set PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/arm-linux/lib/pkgconfig.
>
> I certainly agree that'd do it.  Not sure that Russell does yet, though.

That is what i currently do.

> > FWIW, on my systems, every version of every package is installed in
> > its own prefix, even glibc.  There are no /lib, /usr/lib, or
> > /usr/include - but "strings pkg-config" still includes those paths.
> > So those strings may not mean much.
>
>
> I think the embedded path is used mostly to find the lib/pkgconfig 
> directory.
>
> FWIW, setting PKG_CONFIG_PATH can mean yet another annoying change to 
> each app's build script.
> If there is one toolchain associated with each lib/pkgconfig directory,
> it might be more convenient for the users to plop a copy of
> pkg-config into that toolchain's bin directory, with the right
> default value for PKG_CONFIG_PATH.  It's easier than teaching them
> about PKG_CONFIG_PATH...