From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: pkg-config required on OSX, why?
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 18:39:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53763F5A.2050306@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ke4n0pn2bg.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org>
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.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-05-16 16:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-05-16 11:01 pkg-config required on OSX, why? Jan D.
2014-05-16 13:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-05-16 13:38 ` Jan D.
2014-05-16 14:24 ` Paul Eggert
2014-05-16 15:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-05-16 15:52 ` Paul Eggert
2014-05-16 16:48 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-16 16:50 ` Jan D.
2014-05-16 19:04 ` Paul Eggert
2014-05-17 6:41 ` Jan Djärv
2014-05-16 15:57 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-16 16:39 ` Jan D. [this message]
2014-05-16 16:46 ` Glenn Morris
2014-05-16 17:45 ` Jan D.
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