From 13636214674abf39a338532fd483674ff3a20bff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tollef Fog Heen Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 10:34:01 +0200 Subject: Document specifying paths to .pc files Thanks to Binki for the patch Freedesktop #32622 --- pkg-config.1 | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'pkg-config.1') diff --git a/pkg-config.1 b/pkg-config.1 index f693fe4..1d88908 100644 --- a/pkg-config.1 +++ b/pkg-config.1 @@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ defined to be the name of the metadata file, minus the \fI.pc\fP extension. If a library can install multiple versions simultaneously, it must give each version its own name (for example, GTK 1.2 might have the package name "gtk+" while GTK 2.0 has "gtk+-2.0"). +.PP +In addition to specifying a package name on the command line, the full +path to a given \fI.pc\fP file may be given instead. This allows a +user to directly query a particular \fI.pc\fP file. .\" .SH OPTIONS The following options are supported: -- cgit v1.2.1