[OE-core] [PATCH 0/3] pkgconf: consider pkgconf as a replacement for pkg-config

[Khem Raj]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2017 at 5:58 AM Maxin B. John <maxin.john at intel.com> wrote:

> pkgconf is a better replacement for pkg-config. Fedora 26 replaces the
> system pkg-config implementation with pkgconf because it "provides better
> support for handling .pc files and a stable library ABI/API for integrating
> into applications." and is actively maintained, unlike pkg-config.
>
> pkgconf aims to offer many improvements over pkg-config such as faster/more
> efficient dependency resolver which "allows for the user to more
> conservatively
> link their binaries -- which may be helpful in some environments, such as
> when
> prelink(1) is being used.
>
> pkgconf also aims to provide a more complete implementation of pkg-config.
> The features most likely to benefit the Yocto Project build system are the
> faster/more efficient dependency resolution and linker flag optimisation.
>
> To test this, after applying these patches, update "local.conf" as below:
>
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig = "pkgconf"
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig-native = "pkgconf-native"
> PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-pkgconfig = "nativesdk-pkgconf"


Is this going to be the case permanently?
I would suggest to make pkgconf default and dump pkgconfig recipes at same
time
Or do we plan to wait for one release

>
>
> Links:
> 1. http://pkgconf.org
> 2.
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/pkgconf_as_system_pkg-config_implementation
> 3. https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11308
>
> Maxin B. John (3):
>   pkgconf: add recipe
>   libx11: fix build error
>   libxt: fix build failure
>
>  meta/files/common-licenses/pkgconf                 | 10 ++++
>  .../pkgconf/pkgconf/pkg-config-native.in           |  6 +++
>  .../pkgconf/pkgconf/pkg-config-wrapper             | 16 +++++++
>  meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf_1.3.7.bb     | 55
> ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libx11_1.6.5.bb     |  3 ++
>  ...il-don-t-link-makestrs-with-target-cflags.patch | 33 +++++++++++++
>  meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libxt_1.1.5.bb      |  4 +-
>  7 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>  create mode 100644 meta/files/common-licenses/pkgconf
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf/
> pkg-config-native.in
>  create mode 100755
> meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf/pkg-config-wrapper
>  create mode 100644 meta/recipes-devtools/pkgconf/pkgconf_1.3.7.bb
>  create mode 100644
> meta/recipes-graphics/xorg-lib/libxt/0001-libXt-util-don-t-link-makestrs-with-target-cflags.patch
>
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