On Thu, Mar 02, 2006 at 02:24:00PM -0800, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> Should we be "Adding rpaths to pkgconfig files" for the *pc files that are 
> actually installed?

No, I don't think so.

> For example, I am building an Xorg application without using pkgsrc build 
> system. But I am using the pkgsrc provided freetype2 and fontconfig and 
> pkg-config. Because the -Wl,-R${libdir} was added, it overrode my choice 
> for other libraries due to the pkgconfig --libs ordering (and used my 
> incompatible old pkgsrc libraries).

If you use the pkgsrc foo.pc file, you should use the corresponding
pkgsrc foo libs.

If you want to use non-pkgsrc foo.pc, you should set the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
correctly.

I prefer the current way (as it is) because I can compile and install
software outside of pkgsrc without having to add -Wl,-R in lots of places.
I think this should stay as-is.

Cheers,
 Thomas