Re: [Fedora-packaging] -devel rpms with pkgconfig files should 'Requires: pkgconfig'
Rex Dieter wrote:
Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 07:31 -0500, Rex Dieter wrote:
>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging/ReviewGuidelines
>> it includes:
>> - MUST: Files used by pkgconfig (.pc files) must be in a -devel package.
>>
>> I'd suggest amending this to say (something like)
>> - MUST: Files used by pkgconfig (.pc files) must be in a -devel
>> package, and the -devel package include 'Requires: pkgconfig'
>>
>> We've got quite a few such packages, and lots of things will break
>> when FE switches to the minimal buildroot that no longer includes
>> pkgconfig.
>
> I'm not so sure I agree with this. The -devel packages can be used
> w/out pkgconfig and many are.
Most -devel packages with .pc files (that I'm aware of) can *not* be
used w/out pkgconfig.
Let me rephrase, apps that BR: -devel packages that support pkg-config
(most) often (need to) use pkg-config to detect the presense of the
-devel package.
-- Rex