Re: [Vala] Do not pass pure vala packages to pkg-config

[Raffaele Sandrini <raffaele sandrini ch>]

On Sat, 2007-08-11 at 09:46 +0200, Mathias Hasselmann wrote:
> "valac --pkg=math -o test test.vala" fails because math.vala doesn't
> have a corresponding pkg-config package. Solutions for this problem are:
>
> 1) move math.vala into glib.vala
> 2) special case math.vala in the compiler
> 3) check that all packages exist before asking pkg-config about flags 
>
> Attached patch implements the third approach.
This seems like a good idea, however compilation results in a linking
error since it needs -lm (this can be passed to the C compiler of
course). We have to see whether we introduce some other way than
pkg-config to gain knowledge about required dependencies.

So go on and commit this.

Raffaele