Re: gtk targets and pkg-config

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> At the moment, "pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0" returns libs for the
> target GTK was compiled for. 
> 
> I think instead, "pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0" should only work for the
> X target, and "pkg-config --libs gtk+-linux-fb-2.0" should be required
> for the FB target, etc. Since the headers are the same for all targets
> (I think...) we can then install and use multiple targets
> simultaneously, and you can also check for the proper GTK with 
> "pkg-config --exists gtk+-linux-fb-2.0", etc.

This sounds fine to me, with the elaboration:

 pkg-config --libs gtk+-2.0 should return the options for the 
 "default" windowing system for the platform, which on Unix would 
 be X11 (normally). To accomplish this nicely, gtk+-2.0.pc should be a 
 installed as a symlink to gtk+-x11-2.0.pc.

Regards,
                                        Owen