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

[Kevin Ingwersen]

Wow, pkg-config is TINY. o-o
Then just let users of Mac install pkg-config first; its much easier than 
implementing other checks - because it compiles reeeally fast.
Kind regards, Ingwie
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.
>