Re: generating pc file

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Thu, 20 Sep 2012, Russ Allbery wrote:
> > That is why I use configure and config.status substitutions to build the
> > .pc file for my package. :-)
>
> Thus making the problem much better by *guaranteeing* that the *.pc file
> is wrong if there are any make-time overrides!  Er, wait....  :)

Yes.  The only make-time override which has any business being used as 
part of a formal build process is DESTDIR used with 'make install'. 
Anything else is a hack. :-)

Regardless, the .pc file is likely incorrect for various stages of its 
lifetime.  For example, the version in the build tree may be incorrect 
until everything is installed.

Bob
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