[OE-core] [PATCH] default-providers: set pkgconf as the preferred provider for pkg-config

[Alexander Kanavin]

On 09/24/2017 11:21 PM, Maxin B. John wrote:

> @@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_getopt ?= "util-linux-getopt"
>   PREFERRED_PROVIDER_openssl ?= "openssl"
>   PREFERRED_PROVIDER_openssl-native ?= "openssl-native"
>   PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-openssl ?= "nativesdk-openssl"
> -PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig ?= "pkgconfig"
> -PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-pkgconfig ?= "nativesdk-pkgconfig"
> -PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig-native ?= "pkgconfig-native"
> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig ?= "pkgconf"
> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-pkgconfig ?= "nativesdk-pkgconf"
> +PREFERRED_PROVIDER_pkgconfig-native ?= "pkgconf-native"

Why not simply replace one with the other outright? Is there a benefit 
in providing both, or known issues with the newer implementation?


Alex