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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

Would pkg-config work on all platforms?  I know it works on Linux and
msys2.  I would rather not have a separate hack for every platform if we
can avoid it.  Does vcpkg support pkg-config?  If so, then it should be
possible to use it on msvc builds as well.

On 3/22/21 2:57 PM, Jon Evans wrote:
> Bumping this thread as we don't seem to have a resolution yet.
> 
> The Windows vcpkg package works as there is still a config.h with the
> version in the "visualc" directory.
> 
> But, MacOS doesn't build and I guess some Linux distros don't either.
> 
> Can we make pkg-config work for MacOS?
> 
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:45 PM Carsten Schoenert
> <c.schoenert@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:c.schoenert@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Am 03.02.21 um 13:03 schrieb jp charras:
>     > OTOH, a version.h file is not a bad idea (read: for me a very good
>     idea):
>     >
>     > at least the name is already a useful comment and it request only
>     a very
>     > few amount of work.
>     >
>     > Many tools use this trick (for instance opencascade, and most of
>     other
>     > tools we are using in Kicad), and one **big** advantage it works
>     outside
>     > the libtool stuff.
> 
>     For simple things like version detection pkg-config is already enough,
>     no need for mostly incompatible hacks. Even different shells on the same
>     host can behavior really unexpected.
> 
>     If you need to detect the version of ngspice you will need to do this
>     this already before any build is started.
> 
>     > $ pkg-config --modversion ngspice
>     > 33
>     -- 
>     Regards
>     Carsten
> 
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