[Mono-list] Mono 2.8 and pkg-config behaviour

[Robert Jordan]

On 19.10.2010 14:41, Robert Jordan wrote:
> On 19.10.2010 13:27, Daniel Isenmann wrote:
>>     Am 19.10.2010 12:22, schrieb Robert Jordan:
>>> On 19.10.2010 11:35, Daniel Isenmann wrote:
>>>> $ pkg-config --libs --cflags mono-2
>>>> -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/lib/pkgconfig/../../include/mono-2.0
>>>> -L/usr/lib/pkgconfig/../../lib -lmono-2.0 -lm -lrt -ldl -lpthread
>>>>
>>>> Is this behaviour intended? Should the mono.pc nothing return? This
>>>> could make some troubles in backwards compatibility or am I wrong?
>>> It's by design. The API has changed and the old one isn't supported
>>> nor available.
>>
>> Was this mentioned in the release notes? I have read some things about
>> removed deprecated libraries and commands.
>> There were two small sentences about API/ABI change for the embedding
>> API, do you mean that API change?
>
> Yes.

See "Major Highlights":

http://www.mono-project.com/Release_Notes_Mono_2.8

http://www.mono-project.com/Embedding_Mono#Updates_for_Mono_version_2.8.2B

Robert