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Re: [autoconf] Re: pkg-config wisdom


From: William Pursell
Subject: Re: [autoconf] Re: pkg-config wisdom
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:53:41 -1000
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Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> Configure scripts which trust pkg-config include and library paths and
> simpy concatenate them together (often in some random order) cause big
> problems for users since the user has no control over the paths used.

I don't understand the comment about "random order".  The ordering
is as imposed by the author of configure.ac.   @FOO_LIBS@ @BAR_LIBS@
leads to -L/foo -L/bar, while @BAR_LIBS@ @FOO_LIBS@ leads
to -L/bar -L/foo.

-- 
William Pursell




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