Re: [Mingw-users] Install pkg-config

[Earnie <ea...@us...>]

LRN wrote:
> On 15.06.2010 21:05, Earnie wrote:
>> LRN wrote:
>>
>>> Keep MinGW packages in /mingw, MSys packages in /, and everything else
>>> in /local/
>>>
>>>
>> Actually, the advertised and supported method for MinGW is to put any
>> "native" application (those not requiring the MSYS DLL) in /mingw and
>> MSYS applications in /.  If you put "everything else" in /local then you
>> are on your own for the support especially where something isn't found
>> because it isn't in /mingw.
>>
>>
> Why? To me it makes perfect sense that package-originated files are in
> /mingw and in /, while everything i build from the source (or what i
> download in a pre-built form - basically something installed with make
> install DESTDIR=/somewhere and archived) goes into /local/ . This way i
> never have to mess with any files in /mingw or /
> A fine point is that pkg-config should be in /local/bin in this case,
> because otherwise it won't be able to locate *.pc files in
> /local/lib/pkgconfig without explicit instructions. But since GTK (which
> is the way i'm usually getting pkg-config - AFAIK there is no special
> pkg-config MinGW package either) is not a MinGW package, it goes into
> /local/ for me, so this is not a problem.

For those who have experience in overcoming the obstacles it may be 
fine.  For those who do not, then we subscribe to the what I've stated. 
  If the paths are not as we advertise and you have an issue with 
finding a header or a library then you will be instructed to reinstall 
the package per the preferred method.

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