Re: gnustep-make experiment

[Wim Oudshoorn]

Hm, I just read part of this discussion.  
Apparently pkg-config is a very popular tool for
finding dependencies etc.   Also it seems to be used
by plenty of libraries and people, although I never encountered
it in practice.  For me a .pc is probably a mystery.
So before forming an opinion on pkg-connfig integration with
gnustep-make I would like to read up a little on pkg-config.
However the only thing I quickly found was a wiki page:

http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki

And beside a link to download section and a list of supportd platforms
there seems to be no documentation for pkg-config at all.  
Obviously that is because I do not look in the right place.

Another thing that caught my eye was the dependency on glib, 
I have had some bad experiences with glib on windows.

So next I tried to download pkg-config version 0.21 and compile it (on
MS Windows). Of course that failed because I hadn't installed glib.  So
I gave up.  (I tried once to get glib compiled on windows and it
wasn't a pleasant experience.)

Moral of the story, if someone want to add pkg-config, better make
it a smooth experience.   I for one don't want to spend a lot of time
installing another tool with intricate dependencies just to be able
to compile my own application.

Wim Oudshoorn.