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Ville Skyttä 2011-03-05 19:53:42 +02:00 • committed by Tollef Fog Heen
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@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ retrieves information about packages from special metadata
files. These files are named after the package, and has a
.I .pc
extension. On most systems, \fIpkg-config\fP looks in
.I/usr/lib/pkgconfig, /usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
.I /usr/lib/pkgconfig, /usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig
and
.I/usr/local/share/pkgconfig
for these files. It will additionally look in the colon-separated
.I /usr/local/share/pkgconfig
for these files. It will additionally look in the colon-separated
(on Windows, semicolon-separated) list of directories specified by the
PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable.
.PP
@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ can say:
.TP
.I "--define-variable=VARIABLENAME=VARIABLEVALUE"
This sets a global value for a variable, overriding the value in any
.I.pc
.I .pc
files. Most packages define the variable "prefix", for example, so you
can say:
.nf
@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ is set, they will only have been used if you pass a name like
.I "--max-version=VERSION"
These options test whether the package or list of packages on the
command line are known to \fIpkg-config\fP, and optionally whether the
version number of a package meets certain contraints. If all packages
version number of a package meets certain constraints. If all packages
exist and meet the specified version constraints,
.I pkg-config
exits successfully. Otherwise it exits unsuccessfully.
@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Remember to use \-\-print-errors if you want error messages.
This option is available only on Windows. It causes \fIpkg-config\fP
to output -l and -L flags in the form recognized by the Microsoft
Visual C++ command-line compiler, \fIcl\fP. Specifically, instead of
.I-Lx:/some/path
.I -Lx:/some/path
it prints \fI/libpath:x/some/path\fP, and instead of \fI-lfoo\fP it
prints \fIfoo.lib\fP. Note that the --libs output consists of flags
for the linker, and should be placed on the cl command line after a
@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ Don't strip -L/usr/lib out of libs
.TP
.I "PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR"
Modify -I and -L to use the directories located in target sysroot.
this option is useful when crosscompiling package that use pkg-config
to determine CFLAGS anf LDFLAGS. -I and -L are modified to point to
this option is useful when cross-compiling packages that use pkg-config
to determine CFLAGS and LDFLAGS. -I and -L are modified to point to
the new system root. this means that a -I/usr/include/libfoo will
become -I/var/target/usr/include/libfoo with a PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR
equal to /var/target (same rule apply to -L)