[MonoDevelop] pkg-config file for compiling external Addins

John Luke john.luke@gmail.com
Sun, 17 Apr 2005 11:50:08 -0400


Hello,

On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 20:41 -0700, Peter Johanson wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Currently, it seems less than trivial to find and reference the
> monodevelop libs when trying to compile Addins that aren't part of the
> MD tree (like the Boo addin i've been working on). Attached is a diff
> that adds a monodevelop-addin.pc file, making it just a matter of "mcs
> -pkg:monodevelop-addin *.cs" to compile your addin.
> 
Can we just call it monodevelop.pc? I would much prefer that.
You should add the generated .pc file to DISTCLEANFILES and the .in file
to EXTRA_DIST.
The rest looks ok.

> It might also be nice to add some extra variables for, say, the icon
> directory, the Addins dir, etc, to make installation of external Addins
> nicer as well, but i figured i'd wait for feedback before adding those
> items.

Lets wait until we find out what will be needed.