On 27.09.07 16:07:46, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > On 2007-09-27 21:53+0200 Andreas Pakulat wrote: > >No it doesn't work properly on win32 - AFAIK. Thats the reason why all > >cmake FindXXX modules for KDE4/win32 don't use pkgconfig. I'm not sure > >wether it was about the paths in the .pc files or something else, but > >fact is that pkconfig is unusable in _plain_ win32 (without msys, which > >I think creates problems when using cmake). > > > >And a link from the pkgconfig website claiming it works properly is not > >really a proof ;) > > I absolutely agree. :-) > > Also, I certainly have no positive proof that pkg-config works on windows > (of any kind) because I don't use that platform, which is why I quoted the > website. That said, the pkg-config people did make that claim on their > website (why claim it if not true?),
Well, because portability is a big plus? Just guessing here, I never used pkg-config (why install something of which I've been told by long-time-win32 developers that its just broken) > and pkg-config is really quite simple > (a C programme + glib library) so I would be very surprised if it didn't > work for some combination of windows with or without MinGW and with or > without MSYS. Well, it might run and eventually it might even return something when you ask it for. Nevertheless there's at least one problem with it: The paths are hardcoded into the .pc files, which means a) an installer for a lib has to change this file during installation - its quite usual to install a program into a different location than its defaulting to b) you can't move the lib afterwards without changing the .pc files. Luckily they're plain text. Wether or not they contain win32-paths or unix-like paths and wether or not one can adjust pkg-config to create information for VS I don't know. > So just out of curiosity are you reporting your own first-hand results for > the latest version of pkg-config or something that might have been > historically true? I'm reporting 2nd hand information from people that have long-time experience with pkg-config. Unfortunately I can't find the thread on the kde lists where Christian Ehrlicher pointed out the other issues with pkg-config, maybe I'll have a try with it tomorrow... Andreas -- You will always get the greatest recognition for the job you least like. _______________________________________________ CMake mailing list CMake@cmake.org http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
