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Feature Request - use pkgconfig to detect build dependencies #450

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peterhoeg opened this issue Sep 15, 2019 · 5 comments
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Feature Request - use pkgconfig to detect build dependencies #450

peterhoeg opened this issue Sep 15, 2019 · 5 comments

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@peterhoeg peterhoeg commented Sep 15, 2019

Currently configure assumes that all build dependencies are located in a fixed set of locations. Ideally use pkgconfig (which is needed for gtk anyway) to detect the dependencies so arbitrary dependency locations are supported.

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@vanhauser-thc vanhauser-thc commented Sep 15, 2019

Hi Peter,

pkgconfig would require to be present which is not true on all systems.
yes that would be an option to use, as would be a "real" automake/configure script.
if you want to supply one, we would use that primarily and use the old configure code as a fall back

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@peterhoeg peterhoeg commented Sep 16, 2019

I have happily left autotools behind and don't particularly want to go back to that to be honest. I understand that you want to run on as many platforms as possibly, but maybe it was worth considering moving to something more flexible than the current situation?

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@vanhauser-thc vanhauser-thc commented Sep 16, 2019

If you look at the configure script - its not autotools, its a custom small shell script.

if you want pkgconfig for hydra - we will be happy to include it. but you (or somebody else) will have to send the pull request for it :)

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@peterhoeg peterhoeg commented Sep 17, 2019

Ah, I misunderstood you. I thought you meant that you only wanted autotools. The configure script is straight-forward. I'll take a look at supporting pkgconfig in the near future unless somebody beats me to it.

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@Rafiaq Rafiaq commented Jan 27, 2020

Hello everyone please help me

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