[lxc-devel] [PATCH 2/3] lxc-pkgconfig-dir

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:39:39AM -0400, Stéphane Graber wrote:
> On 12-09-10 10:28 AM, Dwight Engen wrote:
> > Put pkg-config .pc file in libdir.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Dwight Engen <dwight.engen at oracle.com>
> > ---
> >  Makefile.am |    2 +-
> >  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
> > index 887e300..c66ecc6 100644
> > --- a/Makefile.am
> > +++ b/Makefile.am
> > @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ SUBDIRS = src templates doc
> >  DIST_SUBDIRS = config src templates doc
> >  EXTRA_DIST = autogen.sh lxc.spec CONTRIBUTING MAINTAINERS ChangeLog
> >  
> > -pcdatadir = $(datadir)/pkgconfig
> > +pcdatadir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
> >  pcdata_DATA = lxc.pc
> >  
> >  ChangeLog::
> 
> What's the reason for that change?
> 
> I believe both locations are allowed in pkg-config and at least on
> Debian systems, /usr/share/pkgconfig is more popular, so unless there's
> a very good reason for that change, I'm against it.

The .pc files in /usr/share/pkgconfig must not refer to files that
live in /usr/lib. If they do, then they must go in /usr/lib/pkgconfig
This is so that you can install multiple arch versions of the
libraries concurrently. eg both 32 & 64 bit versions

Daniel
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