Re: [E-devel] Development of EFL without "make install"

[Andreas V. <li...@br...>]

Am Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:49:09 +0100 schrieb Tilman Sauerbeck:

> Andreas Volz [2007-01-21 14:32]:
> > [snip]
> > And could someone explain why not use pkg-config. It's perfect for
> > this work.
> 
> I tried to do that 3 years ago or so. IIRC raster claimed libpng.pc
> wasn't available everywhere which would make it impossible for the EFL
> to use it. However, libpng's pkg-config file has been shipped with
> libpng for ages, so we should just switch over :/
> 
> Details might be found in the mailing list logs.

Evas uses yet pkg-config's macro PKG_CHECK_MODULES for various libs
(XCB, DirectFB, GLITZ, librsvg, cairo, valgrind, fontconfig). So
you need pgk-config in each case to install evas and so also E17. I see
no reason why we shouldn't switch to pkg-config.

regards
Andreas