From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp2 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id 4BHkAb388l8GDAAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:32:13 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp2 with LMTPS id ODVjObz88l8iSgAAB5/wlQ (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 11:32:12 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A31C2940481 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 11:32:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:44434 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kwO5r-0001pg-IO for larch@yhetil.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:32:11 -0500 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34438) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kwO5j-0001pH-CG for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:32:03 -0500 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:60960) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kwO5j-0007Oo-3r; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:32:03 -0500 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=35874 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1kwO5c-0007Xd-89; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 06:31:58 -0500 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: guix-devel@gnu.org, Kei Kebreau Subject: Re: 02/05: gnu: libmad: Install pkg-config file. References: <20201227214242.9652.34624@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> <20201227214244.B3AE12094A@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 15 =?utf-8?Q?Niv=C3=B4se?= an 229 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2021 12:31:54 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20201227214244.B3AE12094A@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org> (guix-commits@gnu.org's message of "Sun, 27 Dec 2020 16:42:44 -0500 (EST)") Message-ID: <87y2h9uedx.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN X-Migadu-Spam-Score: -2.83 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Migadu-Queue-Id: A31C2940481 X-Spam-Score: -2.83 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: EDkIH+IBkVEc Hi Kei, guix-commits@gnu.org skribis: > commit 83afa4e9a6aa4dc69f86651d795007dc96a31e64 > Author: Kei Kebreau > AuthorDate: Sun Aug 2 16:54:03 2020 -0400 > > gnu: libmad: Install pkg-config file. >=20=20=20=20=20 > * gnu/packages/mp3.scm (libmad)[arguments]: Add 'install-pkg-config p= hase. [...] > + (add-after 'install 'install-pkg-config > + (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys) > + (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out")) > + (pkg-config-dir (string-append out "/lib/pkgconfig"))) > + (mkdir-p pkg-config-dir) > + (with-output-to-file (string-append pkg-config-dir "/mad.p= c") > + (lambda _ > + (format #t > + "prefix=3D~@*~a~@ > + libdir=3D${prefix}/lib~@ It seems to me that we shouldn=E2=80=99t provide .pc files if upstream does= n=E2=80=99t do it. The main reason is that developers who use Guix will come to rely on it and unknowingly write code that doesn=E2=80=99t work on other distros. (I remember pestering in the past as I stumbled upon packages who depended on some library as packaged by a specific distro. :-)) WDYT? Apologies if I missed an earlier discussion! Ludo=E2=80=99.