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diff --git a/devel/pkg-config/pkg-descr b/devel/pkg-config/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000..cbf7c6b4a --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/pkg-config/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +The pkg-config program is used to retrieve information about installed +libraries in the system. It is typically used to compile and link against one +or more libraries. It's more useful to the compilation process than to +the end-user. + +pkg-config retrieves information about packages from special metadata files. +These files are named after the package, with the extension .pc. By default, +pkg-config looks for these files in the following directories: +${PREFIX}/libdata/pkgconfig, ${PREFIX}/lib/pkgconfig, +${LOCALBASE}/libdata/pkgconfig, ${LOCALBASE}/lib/pkgconfig, +${X11BASE}/libdata/pkgconfig, and ${X11BASE}/lib/pkgconfig; it will also look +in the list of directories specified by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment +variable. + +WWW: http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/wiki/ |