Document search path construction on Windows

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Dan Nicholson 2013-04-18 05:25:52 -07:00
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$ pkg-config --modversion pkg-config
.fi
.SH WINDOWS SPECIALITIES
The
.I pkg-config
default search path is ignored on Windows. Instead, the search path is
constructed by using the installed directory of
.I pkg-config
and then appending
.I lib\epkgconfig
and
.IR share\epkgconfig .
This can be augmented or replaced using the standard environment
variables described above.
If a .pc file is found in a directory that matches the usual
conventions (i.e., ends with \\lib\\pkgconfig or \\share\\pkgconfig),
the prefix for that package is assumed to be the grandparent of the