[Mono-devel-list] pkg-config .pc files and devel builds

[Ian MacLean]

hmm - is that a hard and fast rule ? it would be nice to be able to use 
mono.pc to find where the runtime base dir is or should I be using a 
different mechanism to do that ?

Ian

Peter Williams wrote:

>Hi Ian,
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>On Thu, 2004-05-13 at 02:43, Ian MacLean wrote:
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>>This might be a obvious newbie type question but are .pc files installed 
>>with the rpm releases of mono ? I assume they are since pkg-config is 
>>becoming so important for package resolution. I know I should just go 
>>and run the rpm install and see for myself but if someone has a quick 
>>answer I'd appreciate it.
>>
>>Ian
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>They are supposed to be included with the -devel RPM of a package. Which
>makes sense... You don't need them to just run the software, but you do
>need them if you want to develop against it.
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>Peter
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