Re: pkg-config required on OSX, why?

[Jan D.]

Hello.

Glenn Morris skrev 2014-05-16 17:57:
> "Jan D." wrote:
>
> > I built pkg-config from source, but having pkg-config as a requirement
> > form some macros must mean those macros are important.  What are they?
>
> The ones that test for any halfway-modern library.
> Eg svg, imagemagick, etc, etc. Basically anywhere you see EMACS_CHECK_MODULES.

On the other hand, configure has called pkg-config ever since Gtk+ 
entered the Emacs source.

> Installing pkg-config is a one-time cost. It took me ~ 2 mins.
> You'll "never" have to update it.
> Even the MS Windows users seemed to manage, eventually. ;)
> So I hope you give it a go...

I have, but things have now moved on.

        Jan D.