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FS#1667 - Replacing pkg-config with pkgconf

Attached to Project: CRUX
Opened by Camille (onodera) - Friday, 08 June 2018, 14:00 GMT
Last edited by Tim Biermann (tb) - Sunday, 06 February 2022, 15:09 GMT
Task Type Improvement
Category ports → core/opt
Status Closed
Assigned To CRUX Developers (crux)
Operating System CRUX
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.4
Due in Version 3.7
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 1
Private No

Details

Recently Arch replaced[1] pkg-config with pkgconf[2], an implementation of pkg-config that is actively maintained. I think CRUX should do the same.

pkgconf is reportedly both faster and has saner behavior[3][4]. Moreover it doesn't have circular dependency on glib.
I have been using pkgconf as a pkg-config replacement[5] on my machines for the past ~2 years without any problems.

[1] https://lists.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2018-May/029252.html
[2] https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/
[3] https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf#comparison-of-pkgconf-and-pkg-config-dependency-resolvers
[4] https://github.com/pkgconf/pkgconf/wiki/Roadmap#advocacy-with-distributions
[5] https://github.com/6c37/crux-ports-dropin/tree/master/pkgconf
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Closed by  Tim Biermann (tb)
Sunday, 06 February 2022, 15:09 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  3.7
Comment by Tim Biermann (tb) - Tuesday, 26 March 2019, 12:59 GMT
Hey,

I am currently testing this for the past 4 weeks with a lot of compiling and so on, I see no draw backs, what does the CRUX core team think about pkgconf in general?

https://gist.github.com/TimB87/15bbff1e500d7a9fa4230637800c053e

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