On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 2:38 AM, Fernando Lemos <fernando...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Olaf, Roger > > On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Olaf van der Spek <olafvds...@gmail.com> > wrote: > [...] >>> Now, pkg-config isn't standardised /either/, but it's useful because >>> it will work with any standards-conforming compiler. It's just a >>> generalisation of existing practice (in the form of foo-config >>> scripts generated during a package build). >> >> Pkg-config probably isn't bad, but it does increase the complexity of >> build script. Especially compared to auto linking. > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think implementing auto linking > support in GCC is a realistic goal. I can imagine there are lots of > technical and non-technical issues involved, it's certainly not > something that can be accomplished in the short term.
Do we need a short term solution? I agree it can't be done short term, but why is it unrealistic? >>> But this is all moot. I've written the pkg-config support into the >>> auto-link header, and we just need to integrate it into the build >>> system to get the job done. >> >> How does pkg-config handle the selection of the threading variant? >> Toolset-variant? Seems it's hard-coded to a single variant. > > Yeah, take a look at the comments in the report Roger linked to. It > looks like we can't handle multiple variants with pkg-config. I don't > think this is a major problem for the time being, though, as there's a > single variant in Debian and I imagine that's also the case for most > other distributions. > > I think proper pkg-config support would be fantastic. I'm wondering if > this support could be patched downstream in case upstream rejects or > ignores the patches Roger submitted. I'll adapt btag's build system to > use pkg-config for Boost as soon as this enters unstable. > > Regards, > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/aanlktipwhkthrmama9scwsql-yy7wca6rz6p7bhv...@mail.gmail.com > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti�gh4rbtepflooo+pl7y-iiwolyar5boob...@mail.gmail.com