Re: gnustep-make experiment

[Matt Rice]

On 2007-02-09 09:18:02 -0800 Wim Oudshoorn <address@hidden> wrote:

> Hm, I just read part of this discussion.  Apparently pkg-config is a 
> very 
> popular tool for
> finding dependencies etc.   Also it seems to be used
> by plenty of libraries and people, although I never encountered
> it in practice.  For me a .pc is probably a mystery.
> So before forming an opinion on pkg-connfig integration with
> gnustep-make I would like to read up a little on pkg-config.
> However the only thing I quickly found was a wiki page:
>
> http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki
>
> And beside a link to download section and a list of supportd platforms
> there seems to be no documentation for pkg-config at all.  Obviously 
> that is 
> because I do not look in the right place.
>
> Another thing that caught my eye was the dependency on glib, I have 
> had some 
> bad experiences with glib on windows.
>
> So next I tried to download pkg-config version 0.21 and compile it (on
> MS Windows). Of course that failed because I hadn't installed glib.  
> So
> I gave up.  (I tried once to get glib compiled on windows and it
> wasn't a pleasant experience.)

It does not require anything but a reasonably well working C compiler 
and a C library,
but can use an installed glib if that is present.

(from the page you linked).

> Moral of the story, if someone want to add pkg-config, better make
> it a smooth experience.   I for one don't want to spend a lot of time
> installing another tool with intricate dependencies just to be able
> to compile my own application.
>
> Wim Oudshoorn.