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CMake pkg-config .pc.in generate template
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# this fragment generates build/my_package.pc | |
# | |
# cmake -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=~/mylib | |
cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0) | |
project(mylib | |
LANGUAGES C | |
HOMEPAGE_URL https://github.invalid/username/mylib | |
DESCRIPTION "example library" | |
VERSION 1.1.2) | |
add_library(mine mine.c) | |
add_library(support support.c) | |
set(target1 mine) | |
set(target2 support) | |
set(pc_libs_private) | |
set(pc_req_private) | |
set(pc_req_public) | |
configure_file(my_package.pc.in my_package.pc @ONLY) | |
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# this template is filled-in by CMake `configure_file(... @ONLY)` | |
# the `@....@` are filled in by CMake configure_file(), | |
# from variables set in your CMakeLists.txt or by CMake itself | |
# | |
# Good tutoral for understanding .pc files: | |
# https://people.freedesktop.org/~dbn/pkg-config-guide.html | |
prefix="@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@" | |
exec_prefix="${prefix}" | |
libdir="${prefix}/lib" | |
includedir="${prefix}/include" | |
Name: @PROJECT_NAME@ | |
Description: @CMAKE_PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@ | |
URL: @CMAKE_PROJECT_HOMEPAGE_URL@ | |
Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@ | |
Requires: @pc_req_public@ | |
Requires.private: @pc_req_private@ | |
Cflags: -I"${includedir}" | |
Libs: -L"${libdir}" -l@target1@ -l@target2@ | |
Libs.private: -L"${libdir}" -l@target1@ -l@target2@ @pc_libs_private@ |
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As a suggestion, should
libdir
be replaced by:?
That way the pkgconfig always matches up with whatever GNUInstallDirs chooses (which can be different sometimes)?
Similar substitutions could also be made to
includedir
. See sewenew/redis-plus-plus#474 as reference.