using .pc file

[Mark Brand]

On 03/14/2011 07:30 PM, Vincent Torri wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Andreas Metzler 
> <ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org <mailto:ametzler at downhill.at.eu.org>> wrote:
>
>     Vincent Torri <vincent.torri at gmail.com
>     <mailto:vincent.torri at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     > I would like to know if pkg-config support can be added. I can
>     provide a
>     > patch if the devs agree with such addition
>     [...]
>
>     I had proposed this in 2007, but it was denied. Rationale is here:
>     http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.libgcrypt.devel/1733
>
>
> I don't understand the argument about propoer crosscompilation 
> problem. I am compiling for Windows :
>
>  * for XP on XP with MSYS+MinGW
>  * for XP on linux using the cross-compilation toolchain that is on my 
> distro
>  * for CE on linux using mingw32ce
>
> There is no problem at all with pkg-config. Can Werner Koch elaborate 
> a bit ?


I think Vincent has a point. Pkg-config can be useful when building for 
MinGW. It's quite valuable actually for the mingw-cross-env project 
because the project uses static linking.

Mark