Now that pkg-config is returning to the LFS book, it's time to consider how we deal with people using the current and previous LFS releases (i.e. 7.1 and 7.0) which are without it.
I'll begin by suggesting that, transitionally and for an indeterminate period, we should keep it in BLFS, but with a big NOTE at the top, e.g. "Pkg-config is part of LFS, but was omitted from the 7.0 and 7.1 releases. If you are using a system which includes it, there is nothing more to do. If not, you should follow these instructions." And eventually, once we think new users will no longer be building fresh 7.0 or 7.1 systems, we can retire the page. I've stressed new users because I assume anyone using svn versions of LFS knows what they are doing. Alternatively, we could point people to the development version of LFS with a different NOTE, e.g. "If you are using an LFS system without pkg-config (the 7.0 and 7.1 releases), please follow the instructions in the development LFS book at http://..."; For that, we could reduce the page to 'Introduction to pkg-config' with the description of what it is, and the note. I suppose we should drop the version in the BLFS page if we take this option. Does either version of this sound useful ? If so, any better wording ? Reverting the pkg-config/glib dependency changes is another matter. ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
