Older pkg-config versions cannot build packages like xdm and xlogo

[Shawn Starr]

--- Shawn Starr <shawn.starr at rogers.com> wrote:

> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:14:25 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Shawn Starr <shawn.starr AT rogers DOTt com>
> Subject: Re: Older pkg-config versions cannot build
> packages like xdm and xlogo
> To: Adam Jackson <ajax AT nwnk dottt net>
> 
> Odd, 
> 
> checking pkg-config is at least version 0.9.0... yes
> 
> All the X11 apps have 0.9.0 as minimal supported
> version.
> 
> But even 0.14.0 isn't good enough for all X11 apps
> now.
> The PKG_CHECK_EXISTS macro does not exist and thus
> some apps like xdm and xlogo fail to generate a
> proper
> configure file.
> 
> --- Adam Jackson <ajax at nwnk.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 29 September 2005 12:56, Shawn Starr
> > wrote:
> > > The pkg.m4 macros in newer versions of pkgconfig
> > > contain macros that are not present in the
> minimal
> > > version of 0.9.0.
> > 
> > 0.9.0 was never suggested as the minimal version.
> > 
> >
>
http://xorg.freedesktop.org/wiki/ModularDevelopersGuide
> > lists 0.18.1 
> > currently, and has never listed a version lower
> than
> > 0.14.  I don't know why 
> > you thought 0.9 was usable.
> > 
> > - ajax
> > 
> 
>