Hm, I just read part of this discussion. Apparently pkg-config is a very popular tool for finding dependencies etc. Also it seems to be used by plenty of libraries and people, although I never encountered it in practice. For me a .pc is probably a mystery. So before forming an opinion on pkg-connfig integration with gnustep-make I would like to read up a little on pkg-config. However the only thing I quickly found was a wiki page:
http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki And beside a link to download section and a list of supportd platforms there seems to be no documentation for pkg-config at all. Obviously that is because I do not look in the right place. Another thing that caught my eye was the dependency on glib, I have had some bad experiences with glib on windows. So next I tried to download pkg-config version 0.21 and compile it (on MS Windows). Of course that failed because I hadn't installed glib. So I gave up. (I tried once to get glib compiled on windows and it wasn't a pleasant experience.) Moral of the story, if someone want to add pkg-config, better make it a smooth experience. I for one don't want to spend a lot of time installing another tool with intricate dependencies just to be able to compile my own application. Wim Oudshoorn. _______________________________________________ Gnustep-dev mailing list Gnustep-dev@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev
