From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1D4F1381F3 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:26:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3903321C01E; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:26:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 993EC21C01E for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:26:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hornbill.gentoo.org (hornbill.gentoo.org [94.100.119.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8051F33D948 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:26:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost.localdomain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hornbill.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 286A6E5436 for ; Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) From: "Julian Ospald" To: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Reply-To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, "Julian Ospald" Message-ID: <1354649182.b0a519807f82c2190129dfa662922c8b061eb368.hasufell@gentoo> Subject: [gentoo-commits] proj/devmanual:master commit in: ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/ X-VCS-Repository: proj/devmanual X-VCS-Files: ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml X-VCS-Directories: ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/ X-VCS-Committer: hasufell X-VCS-Committer-Name: Julian Ospald X-VCS-Revision: b0a519807f82c2190129dfa662922c8b061eb368 X-VCS-Branch: master Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2012 19:26:31 +0000 (UTC) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-commits@lists.gentoo.org X-Archives-Salt: d4f51ebe-4dd8-4bad-be9e-b4b022e2a78a X-Archives-Hash: 80025352f0b9ddbb7583a3a766926624 commit: b0a519807f82c2190129dfa662922c8b061eb368 Author: hasufell googlemail com> AuthorDate: Tue Dec 4 19:26:22 2012 +0000 Commit: Julian Ospald googlemail com> CommitDate: Tue Dec 4 19:26:22 2012 +0000 URL: http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/devmanual.git;a=commit;h=b0a51980 add "Pkgconfig files" section wrt #445130 related discussion [RFC: new eclass - pkgconfig.eclass] at -dev ML --- ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml index 6855cf2..b486a7e 100644 --- a/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml +++ b/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/text.xml @@ -349,6 +349,23 @@ running dodoc/doins. + +Pkgconfig files + + +

+Pkgconfig files (foo.pc) are common interfaces to standardize access to libraries +across distros. It is important that these are never modified, created or renamed +anywhere except upstream. Report bugs, write patches and send them upstream, but +don't mess with them in your ebuild unless it's a trivial (like adding libsuffix) +or unavoidable fix (which should be discussed with other devs first).

+

+Ignoring this policy can result in breakage for other distros and also breaks +the purpose of this interface, because it is not reliable anymore. +

+ + +