Review Request 119798: Generating PkgConig files from ECM

[Aleix Pol Gonzalez]

> On Aug. 15, 2014, 8:20 a.m., Alex Merry wrote:
> > modules/ECMGeneratePkgConfigFile.cmake, line 47
> > <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/119798/diff/1/?file=305638#file305638line47>
> >
> >     This belongs in KDEInstallDirs.cmake, not here (as CMAKE_INSTALL_PKGCONFIGDIR, ideally). Projects that don't use KDEInstallDirs can create their own variable.
> >     
> >     Also, pkconfig -> pkgconfig.
> 
> Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
>     I'm unsure about that, first ECM_MKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR is declared the same way (again, copy&paste) then I understand that we can override the variable from KDEInstallDirs, but we do want that the module that uses the variable actually declares it, right?
> 
> Alex Merry wrote:
>     Yeah, I don't like that about the QMake module. The thing is, this module *doesn't* use the variable - it sets it, and then expects the caller to use it.

Maybe what feels wrong is the fact that we need to explicitly install it. When we use such a macro, we want to generate the file and get it done.


> On Aug. 15, 2014, 8:20 a.m., Alex Merry wrote:
> > modules/ECMGeneratePkgConfigFile.cmake, lines 12-18
> > <https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/119798/diff/1/?file=305638#file305638line12>
> >
> >     Please document the arguments.

Will do, when we've agreed on an API.


- Aleix


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On Aug. 18, 2014, 1:59 p.m., Aleix Pol Gonzalez wrote:
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> (Updated Aug. 18, 2014, 1:59 p.m.)
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> Review request for Build System, KDE Frameworks and Harald Sitter.
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> Repository: extra-cmake-modules
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> Description
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> 
> So we decided we wanted those .pc files, so I created a small script that generates one, I haven't used pc in the past, so feedback is welcome.
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> 
> Diffs
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>   modules/ECMGeneratePkgConfigFile.cmake PRE-CREATION 
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> Diff: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/119798/diff/
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> Testing
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> I added it in KCoreAddons, this is the patch:
> diff --git src/lib/CMakeLists.txt src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
> index 26eb5a1..3a07d1c 100644
> --- src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
> +++ src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
> @@ -188,4 +188,6 @@ install(FILES
>  
>  include(ECMGeneratePriFile)
>  ecm_generate_pri_file(BASE_NAME KCoreAddons LIB_NAME KF5CoreAddons DEPS "core" FILENAME_VAR PRI_FILENAME INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${KF5_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/KCoreAddons)
> +ecm_generate_pkgconfig_file(BASE_NAME KCoreAddons LIB_NAME KF5CoreAddons DEPS Qt5Core FILENAME_VAR PC_FILENAME INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR ${KF5_INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR}/KCoreAddons)
> +install(FILES ${PC_FILENAME} DESTINATION ${ECM_PKGCONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
>  install(FILES ${PRI_FILENAME} DESTINATION ${ECM_MKSPECS_INSTALL_DIR})
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> This is the result, on my system:
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> Name: KF5CoreAddons
> Version: 5.1.0
> Libs: -L/home/kde-devel/kde5/lib64 -l/home/kde-devel/kde5/lib64
> Cflags: -I/home/kde-devel/kde5/include/KF5/KCoreAddons 
> Requires: Qt5Core
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> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Aleix Pol Gonzalez
> 
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