On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 06:13:50PM +0100, Roger wrote: > Does macport generate pkg-config .pc files?
Not automatically. Usually the build systems of the software MacPorts installs do, though. > Where does all /opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc files come from? Usually each from their respective port. Use port provides /opt/local/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc to find out. > Is it a special statement for this in Portfile to generate the .pc > file? No. > I'm asking because I'm trying to install Sane from CPAN, but it cannot > find the macport sane-backends because of pkg-config. It doesn't seem sane-backends installs a pkg-config file: :) $> port contents sane-backends | grep 'pc$' :( $> It however seems to install a sane-config tool that does the same: :) $> port contents sane-backends | grep config /opt/local/bin/sane-config /opt/local/share/doc/sane-backends/umax/sane-umax-config-doc.html /opt/local/share/man/man1/sane-config.1.gz :) $> /opt/local/bin/sane-config --cflags -I/opt/local/include :) $> Are you sure sane from CPAN uses pkg-config to find sane-backends? -- Clemens Lang _______________________________________________ macports-users mailing list macports-users@lists.macosforge.org https://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo/macports-users