pkg-config and Mono, was: Re: [Mono-devel-list] GAC issues and third party libraries.

[Miguel de Icaza]

Hello,

> >   Alternatively, more elite users can do:
> >
> >	mcs `pkg-config --libs gtk-sharp` hello.cs
> >
> 
> When I run 'pkg-config --libs mono' I get:
> 
> -Wl,--export-dynamic -pthread -L/opt/gnome/lib -lmono -lpthread -lm
> -lgmodule-2.0 -ldl -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0
> 
> These appear to be the library options to pass into gcc, not mcs.

--libs mono is designed to compile against Mono as a library, so those
flags are correct.

> Because I require mono, the mono "libs" options, as well as the "libs"
> options of all of its dependencies, are being included.  This wouldn't
> be a problem except that these are gcc-like options, not mcs options.

Ah, please remove the mono dependency.

> It doesn't seem safe to me to re-use --libs for both C and Mono
> compiler options.

Just do not depend on C modules from C# .pc files.  Not the end of the
world, just make sure you stick to C# deps ;-)