From 4c5a9523be202ad8793afd23635a66cf6501af16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Xavier Claessens Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2018 14:36:24 -0400 Subject: pkgconfig: Generate -uninstalled.pc files Closes: #3472. --- docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled-pkgconfig.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled-pkgconfig.md (limited to 'docs/markdown/snippets') diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled-pkgconfig.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled-pkgconfig.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2e265ab --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/uninstalled-pkgconfig.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +## Uninstalled pkg-config files + +The `pkgconfig` module now generates uninstalled pc files as well. For any generated +`foo.pc` file, an extra `foo-uninstalled.pc` file is placed into +`/meson-uninstalled`. They can be used to build applications against +libraries built by meson without installing them, by pointing `PKG_CONFIG_PATH` +to that directory. This is an experimental feature provided on a best-effort +basis, it might not work in all use-cases. -- cgit v1.1