[Hamlib-developer] pkg-config 0.29.1 vs 0.29.2

[Uwe, D. <dg...@gm...>]

Dear Hamlib developers,

I noticed that the newest Hamlib source code can no longer be built on 
Linux Mint 20.3 because pkg-config 0.29.2 has been specified in 
configure.ac as the minimum version (see the following lines).

dnl Ensure that the PKG_PREREQ macro is defined:
m4_ifndef([PKG_PREREQ],
     [m4_fatal([must install pkg-config (or pkgconf) 0.29.2 or later 
before running bootstrap])])

PKG_PREREQ([0.29.2])
PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG([0.29.2])

However, I found out that Hamlib still builds fine when I change this to 
pkg-config 0.29.1, and that WSJT-X (Improved) works well with such a 
Hamlib build in Mint 20.3.

So my question is. Is there a specific reason why the pkg-config 
specification has been changed to 0.29.2?

I mean, I now know how to work around this, but in case it is just a 
self-imposed hurdle, could this perhaps be set to 0.29.1?

FYI: I still need my old Mint 20.3 system from time to time to create 
Debian packages of WSJT-X (Improved) for OMs who cannot handle my usual 
packages which are compiled on the latest Mint 22.2 system.

73 de DG2YCB,
Uwe
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