Subject: Re: pkgconfig and buildlink
To: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
From: Johnny Lam <jlam@jgrind.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 03/20/2002 07:19:57
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 09:14:37AM -0500, mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:
> 
[snip]
> 
> So maybe the thing to do is in the pkg-config buildlink.mk file, list
> pkg-config as a build depends.  Then every package that is configured via
> pkg-config pulls in the pkg-config buildlink.mk file in its own
> buildlink.mk file.  I think this should properly propagate build depends
> everywhere that needs it.  

This sounds good to me.

> Do you want to commit the pkg-config buildlink.mk file you send or shall
> I?  Either way I can install it here and do some testing first.

I'll commit it and we can modify it as needed.  Your new packages are the
only ones that will use it in the near future, so I don't see any problems
arising.

	Cheers,

	-- Johnny Lam <jlam@jgrind.org>