Re: [Vala] SDL error: SDL_gfxPrimitive.h not found

[Jan Hudec <bulb ucw cz>]

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 17:46:16 +0200, Jens Georg wrote:
> > > It's because SDL, unlike a lot of libraries bound for Vala, doesn't
> > > have a pkg-config file defining include paths and the like.
> >
> > That depends. It seems to have on debian-based systems and on openSUSE.
>
> and in libsdl's svn:
> http://www.libsdl.org/cgi/viewvc.cgi/trunk/SDL/sdl.pc.in?view=log

Unfortunately the names don't match, which is necessary for vala to work
properly. In Debian systems, the packages are called like SDL_gfx, SDL_image
etc., while the vala packages are called sdl-gfx, sdl-image, etc. and if
upstream provides just sdl package, that does not match either.

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                                                 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb ucw cz>