RE: gconf-config and dependencies

[Reinhard Müller <reinhard mueller bitsmart com>]

> Reinhard Müller <reinhard mueller bitsmart com> writes:
> > 
> > when looking at gconf-config I found out that it includes oaf-config,
> > which means that, when you compile a program that uses gconf,
> > you also have to have the development packages of oaf and ORBit
> > installed.
> > 
> > When looking at the header files of gconf on the other hand, I come
> > to the conclusion that this dependency would not be necessary.
> > Neither oaf nor ORBit headers are included in the publich gconf headers.
> > 
> > The only thing that would be needed was to include glib-config IMHO.
> > 
> > Have I missed something here?
> > 
> 
> You don't need oaf-config for --cflags, but you do need it for --libs,
> I think.

Not 100% sure, but from what I found out it seems that you don't even need
it for --libs, if you use shared libraries. But I think that you need it when
GConf should work with static libaries.

Reinhard