Re: [bug-libunistring] pkg-config support, please

[Daiki Ueno]

Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> writes:

> if test "x$ac_cv_env_PKG_CONFIG_set" != "xset"; then
>         AC_PATH_TOOL([PKG_CONFIG], [pkg-config])
> fi
>
> (see AC_PATH_TOOL instead of AC_PATH_PROG).

Right, I missed that part actually.

> It's okay not to provide pkg-config if you're willing to provide an
> "official" macro to find libunistring.

I wondered if there's any advantage of pkg-config over the macro.  If
convenience (for non-Gnulib consumers) is the only concern, I'm OK for
making the macro "official".  But in that case, I don't see any good
reason to provide an alternative way (i.e. using pkg-config).  Moreover,
since libunistring can be used in combination with its counterparts in
Gnulib (through your libunistring-optional.m4), I think it would make
sense to suggest the consistent way of library detection.

Thanks for the comment anyway,
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Daiki Ueno