[OM Cooker] Switch to pkgconf

Alexander Stefanov-Khryukin nobodydead at gmail.com
Tue Aug 23 09:02:37 EDT 2016


+1 for this

2016-08-23 15:40 GMT+03:00 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <bero at lindev.ch>:

> On 2016-08-23 14:25, Tomasz Gajc wrote:
>
> Hi,
>>
>> looks like it is a good time to switch to pkgconf and replace ancient
>> pkg-config, right ?
>>
>
>
> Right, now would be the perfect time... We should definitely do it.
>
> What are the benefits ? Barely none for luser :) In theory it should have
>> a positive impact on building packages, by building better optimized chain
>> of dependecies when linking i.e.
>>
>> pkg-conf: $ldflags -lbar -lfoo pkgconf: $ldlags -lfoo
>>
>> why only -lfoo, because pkgconf is smart enough and knows that -lfoo is
>> linked with -lbar already.
>>
>
> Also:
> * more actively developed - it's been years since anything changed in
> pkg-config
> * exports its functionality as a library - easier to embed in something
> else (cmake?)
> * no dependency on yucky glib
>
> ttyl
> bero
>
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