[oe] QA issues with pkgconfig files

[Koen Kooi]

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Paul Sokolovsky schreef:
> Hello Koen,
> 
> Thursday, February 22, 2007, 12:42:51 AM, you wrote:
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>> Koen Kooi schreef:
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>>> Possible solutions:
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>>> 1) set PKG_CONFIG_PATH to ${STAGING_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig
>>>    +easy fix
>>>    -requires to re-run do_pupulate_staging for all packages
>>> 2) symlink one dir to the other
>>>    +fixes hardcoded paths
>>>    -requires manual intervention to fixup files present and/or complete rebuild
>>> 3) have pkgconfig.bbclass delete one dir each run
>>>    -requires every packages that has .pc files to inherit pkgconfig
>>>    -ugly
>>>    -error-prone
>>>
>>> Do you have any other solutions, and if not, which solution do you prefer?
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>> 4) have pkgconfig.bbclass sed _every_ .pc file in staging each run.
> 
>   Why staging? 

Because the problem only manifests itself in staging. Have a look at pkgconfig.bbclass and
you can see why.

regards,

Koen

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