#29514: pkgconfig 0.26 update -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Reporter: ryandesign@… | Owner: ryandesign@… Type: update | Status: new Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: Keywords: | Port: pkgconfig -------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- Comment(by ryandesign@…): Thanks for the pointer. I've read the discussion there now, and the current wisdom seems to be that glib2 could be modified to not require pkg-config at all ([http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pkg- config/2011-May/000758.html using environment variables like ZLIB_CFLAGS]). The same would have to happen for dbus, which glib2 uses. Then pkg-config could use glib2 without a circular dependency. I wouldn't use the word "static" to describe this. The glib2 that's built would still be dynamic libraries as they are now. They would just learn about their dependencies using environment variables and arguments provided in the glib2 Portfile, instead of querying pkg-config. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/29514#comment:2> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS