[bug-libunistring] [bug #53717] Workflows that rely on pkgconfig are unhappy with libunistring's lack of .pc file

[Dan Kegel]

URL:
  <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?53717>

                 Summary: Workflows that rely on pkgconfig are unhappy with
libunistring's lack of .pc file
                 Project: GNU libunistring
            Submitted by: dankegel
            Submitted on: Sun 22 Apr 2018 02:33:20 PM UTC
                Category: Build
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any

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Details:

Hi all.
I maintain a fairly large application stack that moved from
automake to cmake some time ago, and uses pkgconfig
extensively.

Evidently a patch to support pkgconfig was proposed three years ago,
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-libunistring/2015-01/msg00006.html
but the response was essentially "use autoconf, don't use pkgconfig".

I hate to break it to you, but the world no longer revolves around
autoconf, and not supporting pkgconfig makes downstream users'
lifes a bit more difficult.  It might be time to consider that patch again.




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