Re: libgnutils 2.8.x+ break gnustep-base, possibly others

[Kevin Ingwersen]

Both are considerable. I need to rebuild the toolchain anyway, so I may just 
add pkg-config.
However - you can actually get OS X information with a few commands. I can 
assist in testing that.
Another option is to supply an option to specify the libgnutils prefix - that 
solves pretty much everything, if its just the headers that are needed.
…But I think a self-built pkg-config is no harm. I’m going to just build one. ^^
Am 28.11.2013 um 11:25 schrieb Richard Frith-Macdonald 
<richardfrithmacdonald@gmail.com>:

> 
> On 28 Nov 2013, at 09:55, Kevin Ingwersen <ingwie2000@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> There is no pkg-config on a mac. o.o’
>> I do not use Fink/MacPorts, because these tend to confuse builds, and link 
>> against wrong libraries. I did try homebrew, but I dont like it :/
>> So I have no pkg-config on my system.
> 
> Well iI guess a simple optin might be to install pkgconfig, but if Apple 
> don't provide it then it's quite likely that they have also removed the 
> pkgconfig information files provided by packages like gnutls.
> 
> That probably leaves two options:
> 1. install a copy of pkgconfig and build/install your own copy of gnutls (so 
> its information will be found by pkgconfig and you'll be able to build 
> software that uses it such as gnustep)
> or
> 2. add mac-specific tests to the configure.ac script, which will locate the 
> apple version of gnutls when the normal mechanisms are not available.
>