Subject: Re: pkg-config vs. buildlink3
To: None <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtrarom.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/20/2005 19:36:53
On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 19:32:02 +0200
Matthias Drochner <M.Drochner@fz-juelich.de> wrote:

> 
> juan@xtrarom.org said:
> > the code just does  getenv(PKG_CONFIG_PATH)
> 
> anf 5 lines later it unconditionally adds PKG_CONFIG_PC_PATH,
> which is a compile time constant.

Thanks I just found it, I suggest to do the following:

search_path = getenv ("PKG_CONFIG_PATH");
if (search_path) {
	add_search_dirs(search_path, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S);
} else
	add_search_dirs(PKG_CONFIG_PC_PATH, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S);


This should be safe for all cases, comments?