The following reply was made to PR pkg/37479; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: reed@reedmedia.net
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/37479 (work directories in qt4-lib pkgconfig pc files)
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 19:03:56 -0600 (CST)

 On Sat, 8 Dec 2007, Mark Davies wrote:
 
 >  > From looking at 345 pkgconfig .pc files on different operating
 >  > systems, only these QT4 pkgconfig files have .la references.
 >  >
 >  > As far as I know, pkgconfig files should not reference libtool
 >  > files. This breaks programs that depend on .pc files but aren't
 >  > using libtool.
 >  
 >  Adding '-e "s:${QTPREFIX}/lib/lib\([A-Za-z3]*\)\.la:-l\1:g"' to the 
 >  SED in the do-install should fix that.
 
 Thanks. That worked for me. And now I can configure, build and install 
 lyx again.
 
 
   Jeremy C. Reed