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Diffstat (limited to 'pkg-config.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg-config.1 | 33 |
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkg-config.1 b/pkg-config.1 index e8df5b3..dd4a8f8 100644 --- a/pkg-config.1 +++ b/pkg-config.1 @@ -186,14 +186,17 @@ command line are known to \fIpkg-config\fP, and optionally whether the version number of a package meets certain constraints. If all packages exist and meet the specified version constraints, .I pkg-config -exits successfully. Otherwise it exits unsuccessfully. +exits successfully. Otherwise it exits unsuccessfully. Only the first +VERSION comparing option will be honored. Subsequent options of this +type will be ignored. Rather than using the version-test options, you can simply give a version constraint after each package name, for example: .nf $ pkg-config --exists 'glib-2.0 >= 1.3.4 libxml = 1.8.3' .fi -Remember to use \-\-print-errors if you want error messages. +Remember to use \-\-print-errors if you want error messages. When no +output options are supplied to \fIpkg-config\fP, \-\-exists is implied. .TP .I "--msvc-syntax" This option is available only on Windows. It causes \fIpkg-config\fP @@ -223,7 +226,7 @@ output. .I "--list-all" List all modules found in the \fIpkg-config\fP path. .TP --I "--print-provides" +.I "--print-provides" List all modules the given packages provides. .TP .I "--print-requires" @@ -266,7 +269,7 @@ disables said behavior. Don't strip -I/usr/include out of cflags. .TP .I "PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_SYSTEM_LIBS" -Don't strip -L/usr/lib out of libs +Don't strip -L/usr/lib or -L/lib out of libs. .TP .I "PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR" Modify -I and -L to use the directories located in target sysroot. @@ -344,6 +347,28 @@ to PKG_CHECK_MODULES(), but does not set variables or print errors. Similar to PKG_CHECK_MODULES, make sure that the first instance of this or PKG_CHECK_MODULES is called, or make sure to call PKG_CHECK_EXISTS manually. +.TP +.I "PKG_INSTALLDIR(DIRECTORY)" + +Substitutes the variable pkgconfigdir as the location where a module +should install pkg-config .pc files. By default the directory is +$libdir/pkgconfig, but the default can be changed by passing DIRECTORY. +The user can override through the --with-pkgconfigdir parameter. +.TP +.I "PKG_NOARCH_INSTALLDIR(DIRECTORY)" + +Substitutes the variable noarch_pkgconfigdir as the location where a +module should install arch-independent pkg-config .pc files. By default +the directory is $datadir/pkgconfig, but the default can be changed by +passing DIRECTORY. The user can override through the +--with-noarch-pkgconfigdir parameter. +.TP +.I "PKG_CHECK_VAR(VARIABLE, MODULE, CONFIG-VARIABLE, [ACTION-IF-FOUND], [ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND])" + +Retrieves the value of the pkg-config variable CONFIG-VARIABLE from +MODULE and stores it in VARIABLE. Note that repeated usage of VARIABLE +is not recommended as the check will be skipped if the variable is +already set. .SH METADATA FILE SYNTAX To add a library to the set of packages \fIpkg-config\fP knows about, |