[cairo] COPYING files....
Egbert Eich
eich@xfree86.org
Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:36:26 +0100
Sean Middleditch writes:
>
> It's completely possible to use autotools without depending on
> pkgconfig. One option is to allow the old-fashioned --with-whatever=/
> the/install/path and only using pkg-config if that isn't specified.
> Users without the tool can just put up with the extra work of specifying
> the command line options (like they've always had to), while users who
> are smart and install pkg-config can let it take care of menial details
> for them.
>
This definitely sounds like a good plan.
> I do agree that pkg-config autoconf macros should provide a much clearer
> and nicer error message when pkg-config isn't found.
Right. It should not only print a reasonalbe error message but should
also suggest which options can be used to do a build without pkg-config
installed.
Egbert.