On Monday 09 July 2007 23:40:35 Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > I don't think Libtool needs to provide a pkg-config file, but providing > a macro to use an external libltdl, and having the macro set LTDLINCL > and LIBLTDL (or other variables) correctly for use should work just > fine.
debugging configure scripts it not very pleasent. as a result it is best practice to use only as many macro packages as needed and use those that have a history of working fine without problem. I don't see what you would get by creating your own macro package, except the benefit of calling the magic variables however you please - pkg-config would use LIBLTDL_CFLAGS and LIBLTDL_LIBS for libltdl.pc. for someone who maintains configure scripts and Makefiles, a common standard for these names is very helpfull, and as pkg-config is supported by at least 100 libraries, so it is the dominant force. please also remember that you can do both, provide your own macro package and provide a *.pc file. nothing prevents that. but it helps those who don't want to get a job done fast - they can rely on the things they know and need not to dive into the documentation and read a section about finding and linking with ltdl. so please reconsider providing a *.pc file as well. Thank you. Regards, Andreas _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
