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author | Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> | 2011-03-05 19:53:42 +0200 |
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committer | Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> | 2011-04-13 20:17:12 +0200 |
commit | 35495b1e7411733274b281644c8d734b5a74b0db (patch) | |
tree | 8af5d6b7937c43a2d5097ba3c6d9fba25c01585e | |
parent | 99964eddb5935173fcedfc793e762d7dc7d01bba (diff) |
Man page syntax and spelling fixes.
-rw-r--r-- | pkg-config.1 | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkg-config.1 b/pkg-config.1 index 109cf5e..df4992c 100644 --- a/pkg-config.1 +++ b/pkg-config.1 @@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ retrieves information about packages from special metadata files. These files are named after the package, and has a .I .pc extension. On most systems, \fIpkg-config\fP looks in -.I/usr/lib/pkgconfig, /usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig +.I /usr/lib/pkgconfig, /usr/share/pkgconfig, /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig and -.I/usr/local/share/pkgconfig - for these files. It will additionally look in the colon-separated +.I /usr/local/share/pkgconfig +for these files. It will additionally look in the colon-separated (on Windows, semicolon-separated) list of directories specified by the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable. .PP @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ can say: .TP .I "--define-variable=VARIABLENAME=VARIABLEVALUE" This sets a global value for a variable, overriding the value in any -.I.pc +.I .pc files. Most packages define the variable "prefix", for example, so you can say: .nf @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ is set, they will only have been used if you pass a name like .I "--max-version=VERSION" These options test whether the package or list of packages on the command line are known to \fIpkg-config\fP, and optionally whether the -version number of a package meets certain contraints. If all packages +version number of a package meets certain constraints. If all packages exist and meet the specified version constraints, .I pkg-config exits successfully. Otherwise it exits unsuccessfully. @@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ Remember to use \-\-print-errors if you want error messages. This option is available only on Windows. It causes \fIpkg-config\fP to output -l and -L flags in the form recognized by the Microsoft Visual C++ command-line compiler, \fIcl\fP. Specifically, instead of -.I-Lx:/some/path +.I -Lx:/some/path it prints \fI/libpath:x/some/path\fP, and instead of \fI-lfoo\fP it prints \fIfoo.lib\fP. Note that the --libs output consists of flags for the linker, and should be placed on the cl command line after a @@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ Don't strip -L/usr/lib out of libs .TP .I "PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR" Modify -I and -L to use the directories located in target sysroot. -this option is useful when crosscompiling package that use pkg-config -to determine CFLAGS anf LDFLAGS. -I and -L are modified to point to +this option is useful when cross-compiling packages that use pkg-config +to determine CFLAGS and LDFLAGS. -I and -L are modified to point to the new system root. this means that a -I/usr/include/libfoo will become -I/var/target/usr/include/libfoo with a PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR equal to /var/target (same rule apply to -L) |