[Buildroot] Question about pkg-config pc files

[Patricia Holden]

Yes, QQmlApplucation I am porting for a client it is using pc at runtime.  Would it help to see what they are doing?

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> On Jul 20, 2021, at 4:48 PM, Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at bootlin.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Patricia,
> 
>> On Tue, 20 Jul 2021 16:41:40 -0400
>> Patricia Holden <pholden at nklabs.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I am adding a package that has dependencies on QT pkg-config pc files.  I
>> see the pkg-config pc files in
>> output/host/arm-buildroot-linux-gnueabihf/sysroot/usr/share/pkgconfig/, but
>> I don't see any pkg-config files installed to target.  the QQmlApplication
>> code is trying to include multiple qt packages but they are not found.
>> Running "pkg-config --list-all" results in none found at all.
>> 
>> How do I get pkg-config pc files installed to the target?
> 
> You don't: Buildroot doesn't support doing development on the target.
> Why would you need .pc files on the target ? Is QQmlApplication using
> pkg-config at run-time on the target ?
> 
> Thomas
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