Would pkg-config work on all platforms? I know it works on Linux and msys2. I would rather not have a separate hack for every platform if we can avoid it. Does vcpkg support pkg-config? If so, then it should be possible to use it on msvc builds as well.
On 3/22/21 2:57 PM, Jon Evans wrote: > Bumping this thread as we don't seem to have a resolution yet. > > The Windows vcpkg package works as there is still a config.h with the > version in the "visualc" directory. > > But, MacOS doesn't build and I guess some Linux distros don't either. > > Can we make pkg-config work for MacOS? > > On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:45 PM Carsten Schoenert > <c.schoen...@t-online.de <mailto:c.schoen...@t-online.de>> wrote: > > Am 03.02.21 um 13:03 schrieb jp charras: > > OTOH, a version.h file is not a bad idea (read: for me a very good > idea): > > > > at least the name is already a useful comment and it request only > a very > > few amount of work. > > > > Many tools use this trick (for instance opencascade, and most of > other > > tools we are using in Kicad), and one **big** advantage it works > outside > > the libtool stuff. > > For simple things like version detection pkg-config is already enough, > no need for mostly incompatible hacks. Even different shells on the same > host can behavior really unexpected. > > If you need to detect the version of ngspice you will need to do this > this already before any build is started. > > > $ pkg-config --modversion ngspice > > 33 > -- > Regards > Carsten > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > <mailto:kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > <https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > <https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp> > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp