[Buildroot] [PATCHv2 4/4] iw: pkg-config nitpicking

Thomas Petazzoni thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Fri Sep 28 14:12:32 UTC 2012


On Thu, 27 Sep 2012 19:27:06 -0300, Gustavo Zacarias wrote:
> On 09/27/12 18:40, Arnout Vandecappelle wrote:
> > Doesn't removing GIT_DIR break version.sh?
> 
> Oh yes it does on dirty, my bad for being to 'dd' happy.
> I'll resend the whole set once it's decided what to do about pkg-config.
> IMHO host-pkg-config can be killed with fire, no need to duplicate it.
> pkg-config might be deprecated as per the usual rite, though it's
> duplicate functionality and could be just killed being a piggy with glib
> deps :)

I agree that we don't need a deprecation period for pkg-config. It is
just an internal build dependency, nobody cares about it, especially if
there is a drop-in replacement for it.

Best regards,

Thomas
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