Re: [bob brasko net: Re: Glib]

["J. Ali Harlow" <ali avrc city ac uk>]

On 2004.03.04 16:17 Sven Neumann wrote:

> pkg-config doesn't depend on glib. It comes with it's own copy of
> glib-1.2 but you shouldn't have to worry about that.

In the native win32 build, it does depend on glib (which I believe
is what Bob is using). But I agree, it's not important.

> Then, glib
> doesn't actually depend on pkg-config. configure only checks for it's
> presense since we think that pkg-config should be installed when glib
> is installed. This is just a convenience check to catch problems
> early. pkg-config is not used at all during the glib build process.

If, and when, libiconv and/or gettext provide a .pc file, I would
like glib's configure to use pkg-config to find them. It would make
my life easier :-)

> Whatever, pkg-config is just a build tool. It doesn't need to be
> present on the target platform and it should not be a problem to
> install pkg-config on the build host (especially since it comes
> packaged with all distributions).

Indeed. It runs on systems where autoconf can't run (eg., win32
without cgywin installed) and, contrary to Tristan's views, I
find it invaluable when cross-compiling.

This has nothing to do with the development of glib.

Cheers,

Ali.