From cf21a002be9ad42188c7d6e031a6a1eb36cd9b18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Nicholson <dbn.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:25:52 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document search path construction on Windows

---
 pkg-config.1 | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pkg-config.1 b/pkg-config.1
index 6df2c68..90a2128 100644
--- a/pkg-config.1
+++ b/pkg-config.1
@@ -294,6 +294,18 @@ or
   $ 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