[LAD] ?==?utf-8?q? Update

[Ralf Mattes]

Am Dienstag, 28. August 2018 16:37 CEST, David Runge <dave at sleepmap.de> schrieb: 
 
> On 2018-08-27 21:23:47 (+0200), Christopher Arndt wrote:
> > Am 26.08.18 um 14:49 schrieb Ralf Mattes:
> > >  
> > > Am Sonntag, 26. August 2018 13:07 CEST, Fons Adriaensen <fons at linuxaudio.org> schrieb: 
> > >> I seem to have both pkgconf and pkg-config, and on Archlinux both
> > >> are even provided by the same package.
> > >>
> > >> I used pkgconf as suggested by an Archlinux packager. Don't know 
> > >> if this is the best choice to support other distros.
> > > 
> > > No, it's not.
> > 
> > >> Anyway, all that is required is -I/usr/include/freetype2 and maybe
> > >> that is what I should use.
> > 
> > > Please don't.
> > 
> > Agree on both accounts. Just use 'pkg-config' like everybody else.
> I don't.

You seem to confuse two things here: pkgconf, the api compatible alternative to pkg-config, and
pkgconf, the name of the program that provides pkg-config information to shell scripts and makefiles.

Since pkgconf's sole purpose is the replacement of the original pkg-config implementation giving the
binary a different name seems questionable.
It's like writing a make-replacement and calling it murks and then expect the rest of the world to
change their build systems. That takes a lot of hubris/ego ...
 
> pkgconf [1] is a valid replacement of pkg-config (by implementing it
> with even more features and better .pc handling) and available on many,
> if not all, distros (e.g. [2] [3] [4]). In some it is even the default
> by now.

And they call the binary 'pkgconf'? I' impressed.
 
> Additionally, this is all better, than relying on a convenience layer
> hack job, such as the `freetype-config` script (that should've never
> even been part of pkg-config to begin with).

Who was talking about freetype-config?

 Cheers, RalfD
 
> Best,
> David
> 
> [1] https://git.dereferenced.org/pkgconf/pkgconf
> [2] https://packages.debian.org/sid/pkgconf
> [3] https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=pkgconf
> [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/pkgconf_as_system_pkg-config_implementation
> 
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