Re: [xslt] [PATCH 3/3] Use pkg-config to check for libxml-2.0

From: Thierry Reding <thierry reding avionic-design de>
To: Roumen Petrov <bugtrack roumenpetrov info>
Cc: The Gnome XSLT library mailing-list <xslt gnome org>, Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>
Subject: Re: [xslt] [PATCH 3/3] Use pkg-config to check for libxml-2.0
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 20:51:26 +0200

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 07:05:10PM +0300, Roumen Petrov wrote:
> 
> Thierry Reding wrote:
> >pkg-config is much better suited when cross-compiling than the various
> >package-specific *-config scripts.
> No way. Don't touch this part especially  in cross-compilation cases.

I've done quite a lot of cross-compiling and whenever packages provide
their own *-config scripts they cause a lot of pain. pkg-config is much
more mature and I have never had problems cross-compiling against
packages that ship .pc files.

Thierry

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References:
- [xslt] =?utf-8?q?=5BPATCH_1/3=5D_Modernize_configure_script?=
  - From: Thierry Reding
- [xslt] =?utf-8?q?=5BPATCH_3/3=5D_Use_pkg-config_to_check_for_libx?= =?utf-8?q?ml-2=2E0?=
  - From: Thierry Reding
- Re: [xslt] [PATCH 3/3] Use pkg-config to check for libxml-2.0
  - From: Roumen Petrov

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