Re: [ft-devel] using pkg-config

[suzuki toshiya]

Excuse me, just a small off-topic question,

> `libpng-config' script.  I will soon need the HarfBuzz library which
> doesn't provide a `harfbuzz-config' script.

Future release of FreeType2 will depend on HarfBuzz?

Regards,
mpsuzuki

On 09/15/2013 06:06 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> 
> FreeType's configure script currently uses the `AC_CHECK_LIB' m4 macro
> to detect the presence of libz and libbz2.  For libpng, it uses the
> `libpng-config' script.  I will soon need the HarfBuzz library which
> doesn't provide a `harfbuzz-config' script.
> 
> Does it make sense to completely switch to pkg-config?  All of the
> above libraries provide .pc files.  However, I wonder whether there
> are situations where there usage of pkg-config is problematic.
> 
> A certain burden is that pkg-config itself must be installed (or
> pkgconf, which does the same in a probably better way).  Is this a
> hassle on some platforms?
> 
> If possible, I would like to avoid a hybrid approach (this is, first
> checking for `foo.pc', then trying `foo-config', then using
> `AC_CHECK_LIB[foo]').
> 
> Any advice is highly welcomed.
> 
> 
>      Werner
> 
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