pkg-config performance with >= 15 dependency chain

[Sean Byland]

Hello,
This rudimentary script shows that pkg-config's performance when building a depended chain. It is extremely quick when the chain length is under 12, but seems to slow down exponentially becoming unacceptably slow after about 16. I know of some scientific libraries that have 50 length dependency chains . Is there a simple method to increase the performance and these longer lengths. I know all libraries for a single product could be put into a single pc file, but it seems like a shame to loose the single library "addressability" .

Thanks,
Sean B.

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