Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/4] tools: add pkg-config file for libxc

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Juergen Gross writes ("[PATCH 2/4] tools: add pkg-config file for libxc"):
> When configuring the build of qemu the configure script is building
> various test programs to determine the exact version of libxencontrol.
> 
> Instead of a try and error approach needing updates for nearly each
> new version of Xen just provide xencontrol.pc to be used via
> pkg-config.
> 
> In the end we need two different variants of that file: one for the
> target system where eventually someone wants to build qemu, and one
> for the local system to be used for building qemu as part of the Xen
> build process.

I've not seen this done elsewhere, but I can see why it's attractive.
I worry though that we're breaking new ground.  Did you come up with
this idea yourself ?  Are you aware of other projects that do
something similar ?

Ian.

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