[gst-devel] MAS plugin and problems

[David Schleef]

On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 06:46:46PM -0400, Silvio Neef wrote:
> > Actually, just switch to using pkg-config.  It's what all the cool
> > kids use these days. :)
> 
> I know! Well, we use imake for build configuration in MAS. So
> 'mas-config' was just a way to fool people into thinking we're
> cool ;) Same goes for the configure 'script'.

Creating and installing a .pc file can be done with any build
system.

> So, what is the purpose of --plugin-libs? The libraries that a plugin
> needs to link with?

Yes.  One case where this is interesting is if an ABI-stable shared
library is not being built -- you may wish to provide an additional
.a library that is built with -fPIC so that it can be linked into
plugin modules.



dave...