pkg-config files for libpq and ecpg - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject pkg-config files for libpq and ecpg
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Msg-id 50F5AAF1.3070607@gmx.net
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Responses Re: pkg-config files for libpq and ecpg  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Re: pkg-config files for libpq and ecpg  (Michael Meskes <meskes@postgresql.org>)
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I'll take another stab at providing pkg-config files for the client-side
libraries.

The main reason this time around is that this works a lot better (or at
all) for multi-arch library installations.

Another is that pkg-config has become a lot smarter and flexible over
the years, and it's probably a better choice for users who are already
used to its interface.  There is a lot of confusion, for example, about
what pg_config --libs really means.  We often evade that by saying,
well, those are the libraries we linked with, but there is a lack of
clarity in that context about what libraries a user should link with.

The way it's implemented, it doesn't require manual maintenance, so it
should not be much of a bother.

A side issue that arose: libecpg_compat is linked with libpq, but
doesn't seem to use it.  This was added many years ago in
cd75f94dafd43358305811b7576ad75d889097e3, but it doesn't appear to be
required anymore.  Needs some checking.

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