pkg-config - Helper tool used when compiling applications and libraries HOWTO

ChangeLog


2023-12-21	- Updated Slackware packages list for 15.0, removed 13.37
		  (same package version as 14.0, 14.1...)
		- Added link to release announcement on list
		- Replaced sha1sum verification with sha256sum
		- Replaced short gpg key ID C7EC6914 with 023A4420C7EC6914
		- Changed FTP link for Slackware source to HTTP
		  (not https to avoid the mis-named SSL cert for mirror
		   host osousl.org)
2018-10-19	- 0.29.1 -> 0.29.2
		- Home page URL https
		- Added repository link
2016-11-02	- 0.28 -> 0.29.1
		- Updated Slackware package note for 14.1 and 14.2, removed
		  older than 13.37
		- Removed all of the extra bits about building with glib,
		  it seems to do fine figuring it out with external glib or
		  the bundled one
2013/09/02	- Updated more for 64-bit, a few other build-related notes
2013/03/10	- 0.27.1 -> 0.28
		- Updated for 64-bit
		- Updated uninstall instructions to run removepkg also
		  and to look for old compressed man pages, and version
		  numbered doc directories
2013/03/09	- 0.26 -> 0.27.1
		- Updated Slackware note for 14.0
		- Use --docdir so it ends up under /usr/doc instead of
		  /usr/share/doc (which is a symlink for me)
		- Use --mandir so it ends up in /usr/man; same reason
		- Added uninstall notes to the bottom
2011/07/05	- 0.23 -> 0.26
		- Updated Slackware note for 12.1, 12.1, 13.0, 13.1 and
		  13.37, removed all older
2008/02/10	- 0.22 -> 0.23
2007/12/12	- Just run find twice to make sure it doesn't
		  leave old source directories behind
2007/07/19	- 0.21 -> 0.22
		- Added removepkg for pkg-config too
		- Updated Slackware note through 12.0
		- Removed gawk, sed, grep links (now at the top)
Sep 12, 2006	- 0.20 -> 0.21
Nov 3, 2005	- 0.19 -> 0.20
		- Updated Slack note for 10.2
Jul 22, 2005	- 0.18.1 -> 0.19
Jun 29, 2005	- 0.17.2 -> 0.18.1
		- Refer to the program as pkg-config throughout
		- Note: As of 0.18.1, the tarball and extracted source
		  directory names have been renamed from pkgconfig to
		  pkg-config, added a few lines to cover cleanup of both
		  names' source and tarball
		- Rearranged options to shut up the new version of find
		- Run chown -R root:root on the source directory when
		  $UID = 0
May 10, 2005	- Changed home page URL from:
		  http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig
		  to
		  http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/
		- 0.16.0 -> 0.17.2
		- Moved source directory (see note <a href="howtos.php?msd">here</a>)
Apr 5, 2005	- 0.15.0 -> 0.16.0
		- root.root -> root:root
		- Added note about versions that come with Slackware
		- Added note about the new --with-pc-path and the old
		  PKG_CONFIG_PATH
		- Added gawk, sed, grep prerequisite links
Jan 30, 2004	- Always create the /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig ->
		  /usr/lib/pkgconfig symlink, not just when
		  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig exists as a directory
Sep 30, 2003	- Removed the trailing slash from the web site URL
Aug 20, 2003	- Added something to the end to move
		  /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/* into /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ and to
		  make the /usr/local one a symlink
		- Create ~/installed with mode 700
Jul 26, 2003	- Modernized the howto
		- Added 'removepkg pkgconfig', there's a Slack package now
		- Changed the prefix from /usr/local to /usr
Feb 22, 2003	- 0.14.0 -> 0.15.0
Jan 14, 2003	- First entry

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