Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:50:31 GMT From: Konstantin Oznobihin <bork@rsu.ru> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ports/69093: [patch] devel/pkgconfig does not search for .pc files in libdir/pkgconfig Message-ID: <200407151550.i6FFoVIq069039@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/69093; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Konstantin Oznobihin <bork@rsu.ru>
To: Adam Weinberger <adamw@FreeBSD.org>
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: ports/69093: [patch] devel/pkgconfig does not search for .pc
files in libdir/pkgconfig
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 19:43:56 +0400
> >> (07.15.2004 @ 1051 PST): Konstantin Oznobihin said, in 1.2K: <<
> > As I understand, $(prefix)/lib is the original path for pkgconfig, so
> > they already install .pc files in the proper location. Besides I think
> > it is better (and much more easier) to make changes in one place instead
> > of searching and changing all ports that install .pc in lib/pkgconfig.
> >> end of "Re: ports/69093: [patch] devel/pkgconfig does not search for .pc files in libdir/pkgconfig" from Konstantin Oznobihin <<
>
> I disagree. /usr/lib is the default place according to Linux dogma.
> FreeBSD makes a concerted effort to place things in the best location
> possible, and I fully agree that ${PREFIX}/libdata is the best place for
> pkgconfig files. ${PREFIX}/lib is for libraries; ${PREFIX}/libdata is
> then for data about those libraries.
I do not argue with that and completly agree that libdata is a better
location. But this particular issue concerns third party software and I
am not sure that it is always a good decision to force that software to
entirely meet FreeBSD requirements.
> It certainly is easier to train pkgconfig to look in its default place.
> However, the "gnomehack" component of USED_GNOME tells configure scripts
> where to find pkgconfig files. USE_GNOME=gnomehack should be used in
> ports that install pkgconfig files into the location that is wrong for
> FreeBSD.
Thank you, I was no aware of this feature, but unfortunately it does not
help openssl to put files in a proper location.
--
Konstantin Oznobihin <bork@rsu.ru>
Systems programmer and administrator
Computer Center of Rostov State University.
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