Re: [gtk-list] Re: do we need glib-config?

[Marc Ewing <marc redhat com>]

Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu> writes:
> Marc Ewing <marc@redhat.com> writes:
> 
> > In GNOME I'm starting to run into programs that simply want to link
> > against glib.  Previously they just had -lglib in their Makefiles,
> > but this no longer works due to the GTK versioning system.  Should
> > we have a glib-config (like gtk-config) so programs can use just glib?
> 
> Can't they just use gtk-config?  Shouldn't the linker ignore any extra
> libs?  I haven't test it, though...

Depends on how smart your linker is.  It also means you'll
probably be required to have GTK installed even if you just
want glib.

-Marc