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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: using kde-config for KDE detection
From:       Karol Pietrzak <kap4020 () rit ! edu>
Date:       2006-04-30 17:45:08
Message-ID: 200604301345.08864.kap4020 () rit ! edu
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On Sunday 30 April 2006 12:32, Kevin Krammer wrote:
> On Sunday 30 April 2006 18:17, Karol Pietrzak wrote:
> > Hello everyone.
> >
> > I've got two questions relating to kde-config:
> > 1. When did kde-config start appearing in KDE installations?  I seem to
> > have found references online mentioning it in KDE 3.0.3 installations. 
> > Has it existed all the way back to 3.0.x?
>
> Yes, according to http://tinyurl.com/feg8l it has been tagged with
> KDE_3_0_RELEASE
>
> > 2. Is using kde-config reliable?  SuSE Linux puts kde-config in the
> > kdelibs package, so it is always present when KDE is installed.
> > However, I'm sure there is some distribution out there that puts
> > kde-config into a -devel package or something.  Anyone know off-hand of
> > any such complications?
>
> That would be pretty stupid, as it is not a development related tool but
> rather meant to be used in KDE related shell scripts or similar, often used
> by system administrators.
>
> At least nowadays it is also used in the KDE startup script startkde, so
> kdebase would depend on a devel package which I find pretty unlikely.

OK.  Seeing a lack of documentation on kde-config, I decided to start a Wiki 
FAQ page on the matter.

If anyone has more information or corrections, please add it to:

http://wiki.kde.org/tiki-index.php?page=kde-config+Documentation

One outstanding issue is exactly which distributions do NOT include kde-config 
in their default KDE installs, if any.  I have included a "stub" question on 
the Wiki on this matter.

-- 
Karl Pietrzak
kap4020@rit.edu

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