On 2018-03-27 21:25+0300 Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
Note that one downside to that is that people not using CMake cannot make use of that. They still need a pkgconfig file. So in a sense, pkgconfig is the common denominator everybody can use, regardless of build system.
It is not an either-or proposition. Both kinds of packages are useful. The pkg-config package is useful for the (lowest) common-denominator reason you state, but for those already using CMake, a native CMake package is considerably more powerful (e.g., the ability to use generator expressions based on packages imported from a native CMake package). For these reasons in the PLplot case I generate both pkg-config and native packages. The current implementation uses independent logic for each kind of package, but to absolutely guarantee consistent information for the two kinds of packages, it would be desireable to move to an implementation that uses generator expressions to extract the required compiler and linker data from a generated native package and configure the pkg-config result directly from those data. So if somebody here has already tried that approach or the alternative approach of converting pkg-config packages to native packages, I would like to hear about it. Alan __________________________ Alan W. Irwin Astronomical research affiliation with Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria (astrowww.phys.uvic.ca). Programming affiliations with the FreeEOS equation-of-state implementation for stellar interiors (freeeos.sf.net); the Time Ephemerides project (timeephem.sf.net); PLplot scientific plotting software package (plplot.sf.net); the libLASi project (unifont.org/lasi); the Loads of Linux Links project (loll.sf.net); and the Linux Brochure Project (lbproject.sf.net). __________________________ Linux-powered Science __________________________ -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: https://cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake
