On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Alexander Neundorf wrote: > On Sunday 02 October 2011, Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas wrote: >> On Saturday 01 October 2011, Alexander Neundorf wrote: >> > On Wednesday 21 September 2011, Raphael Kubo da Costa wrote: >> > > Michael Jansen writes: >> > > > Not sure here. After a (short) talk to some kde windows guys i >> > > > remember he said there is pkgconfig for windows but it is considered >> > > > completly broken. I think thats why most modules do that magic. Do >> > > > ignore it on windows even if there. >> > > >> > > I've often times heard non-KDE people say pkgconfig used to be broken >> > > but should work fine nowadays, so I'm a bit confused here. It'd be nice >> > > if the kde-windows guys could provide more details on what's the >> > > current state of pkgconfig for them. >> > >> > Yes. >> > Also, whenever I said somewhere that our cmake files must be able to find >> > stuff also without pkgconfig, people replied that nowadays it works just >> >> fine >> >> > under Windows. >> > >> > So, Windows developers: what's the current state of pkg-config under >> > Windows >> >> ? >> >> > Does it work ? >> >> Yes >> >> > Do you use it ? >> >> Yes. For Qt, KDE and other project types as well. > > I headed over to the cmake list, since this issue is not specific to KDE, but > any cmake-using project, and I want to get more opinions and experiences on > this over there at cmake@cmake.org: > http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.programming.tools.cmake.user/39446 > > So, if you want to influence the outcome and want to contribute with your > experiences, please comment on the cmake list (subscribe here: > http://www.cmake.org/mailman/listinfo/cmake) You have already messages from Hendrik Sattler and Alan W. Irwin rebutting your claims against pkg-config, but I would be pleased adding my contribution after somebody posts on that thread, because I've just subscribed to the mailing list now. Regards, Pedro _______________________________________________ Kde-buildsystem mailing list Kde-buildsystem@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-buildsystem