[postgis-devel] Using pkg-config for PROJ

[Paul Ramsey]

By all means, check for pkg-config if no paths provided, but please allow us to still pass paths!

P

> On Feb 8, 2019, at 4:01 PM, Regina Obe <lr at pcorp.us> wrote:
> 
> The only annoying thing about relying on pkg-config is that since I install things in non-standard paths so I can swap in and out different versions of things, I have to fiddle with the PKG_CONFIG_PATH env variable or insure that all my pkg-config files are in my path variable.
> 
> I think I end up doing that anyway for most things since something is always complaining like CUnit tests if I entirely rely on just passing in the paths in my configure call.
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: postgis-devel [mailto:postgis-devel-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On
>> Behalf Of Paul Ramsey
>> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2019 4:41 PM
>> To: PostGIS Development Discussion <postgis-devel at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Subject: Re: [postgis-devel] Using pkg-config for PROJ
>> 
>> Completely requiring pkg-config is not something I'm super enthusiastic
>> about. I'm sure many of my packaged dependencies have pkg-config entries
>> under MacPorts, but I'm not convinced my from-source builds will be
>> detectable.
>> 
>> P
>> 
>> On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 12:48 PM Ra l Mar n Rodr guez
>> <rmrodriguez at carto.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I started doing it in https://github.com/postgis/postgis/pull/372.
>>> Then I noticed that `json-c` had the same option (and we weren't
>>> including its files correctly) and, after that, that the same happens
>>> with `libpcre` and `cunit`.
>>> 
>>> Wouldn't it make more sense to drop those 4 options (`--with-projdir`,
>>> `--with-jsondir`, etc) and make pkg-config mandatory instead? My only
>>> concern is Windows, which I don't really know if it can use it.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Ra l Mar n Rodr guez
>>> carto.com
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