Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/4] tools: add pkg-config file for libxc

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Juergen Gross writes ("Re: [PATCH 2/4] tools: add pkg-config file for libxc"):
> On 28/02/17 12:13, Ian Jackson wrote:
> > I worry though that we're breaking new ground.  Did you come up with
> > this idea yourself ?
> 
> Yes.

How exciting.

> > Are you aware of other projects that do something similar ?
> 
> No.

Well, anyway, my first impression is that this is a neat idea.  Would
you mind if I slept on it another day ?  If I can't think of a reason
not to do this by tomorrow I will ack your patch :-).

> TBH: did you have a look at qemu's configure script and how Xen support
> is handled there? I'm really astonished they accept such a hackery.

I dread to look.

> And I don't see why it would be wrong to use the same basic mechanism
> for our internal build as for any "normal" build outside of the Xen
> build environment.
> 
> The next step would be to add the other Xen libraries and their
> dependencies in order to get rid of all the additional include and
> library directories when calling configure for qemu.

Indeed.

Ian.

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