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| author | Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> | 2010-05-27 22:43:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen@err.no> | 2010-05-27 22:43:04 +0200 |
| commit | 6702b979354ec4ee8737b5aaba0c2d5e3ed8fd2b (patch) | |
| tree | dcbbb2e532b15fd5e01796fb2966de79c614e65b /pkg-config.1 | |
| parent | 4c6ff1c3d5dfe60a4f37c8ba11c080054101a3b0 (diff) | |
Document pc_path a bit
Diffstat (limited to 'pkg-config.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | pkg-config.1 | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg-config.1 b/pkg-config.1 index decf51f..109cf5e 100644 --- a/pkg-config.1 +++ b/pkg-config.1 @@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ 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 usefull when crosscompiling package that use pkg-config +this option is useful when crosscompiling package that use pkg-config to determine CFLAGS anf 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 @@ -283,6 +283,15 @@ equal to /var/target (same rule apply to -L) .I "PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR" Replaces the default \fIpkg-config\fP search directory, usually \fI/usr/lib/pkgconfig\fP .\" +.SH QUERYING PKG-CONFIG'S DEFAULTS +.I pkg-config\fP can be used to query itself for the default search path, version number and other information, for instance using: +.nf + $ pkg-config --variable pc_path pkg-config +.fi +or +.nf + $ pkg-config --modversion pkg-config +.fi .SH WINDOWS SPECIALITIES If a .pc file is found in a directory that matches the usual conventions (i.e., ends with \\lib\\pkgconfig or \\share\\pkgconfig), |