Re: [libdbi-devel] Library version macro

[Andreas E. <ae...@op...>]

Peter O'Gorman wrote:
> Markus Hoenicka wrote:
>> Hi there,
> 
>>>  #define LIBDBI_VERSION ((1000000 * LIBDBI_MAJOR) \
>>>  	                +   (1000 * LIBDBI_MINOR) \
>>> 			+           LIBDBI_PATCH)
>>>
>> I'll be happy to do something along these lines, based on the version  
>> numbers that we have.
>>
> 
> Why not just use pkg-config and install a .pc file? Or am I missing
> something?
> 

What you're missing is that no compiler in the world will ever look at
a .pc file, and the information should be available inside the library
headers to be of any use.

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