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Bug 489428 - dev-libs/libassuan lacks a pkg-config file
Summary: dev-libs/libassuan lacks a pkg-config file
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Library (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: Normal normal
Assignee: Crypto team [DISABLED]
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Reported: 2013-10-26 06:35 UTC by Michał Górny
Modified: 2013-10-26 17:33 UTC (History)
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Description Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2013-10-26 06:35:41 UTC 
libassuan-config is really unfriendly, so we should seriously kick upstream to provide a proper pkg-config file.
Comment 1 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-10-26 06:39:59 UTC 
(In reply to Michał Górny from comment #0)
> libassuan-config is really unfriendly, so we should seriously kick upstream
> to provide a proper pkg-config file.

So why do you open a bug a downstream?
Comment 2 Michał Górny archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2013-10-26 06:44:15 UTC 
(In reply to Alon Bar-Lev from comment #1)
> (In reply to Michał Górny from comment #0)
> > libassuan-config is really unfriendly, so we should seriously kick upstream
> > to provide a proper pkg-config file.
> 
> So why do you open a bug a downstream?

So that someone with an account/communication channel to upstream will proxy it.
Comment 3 Alon Bar-Lev (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2013-10-26 06:46:36 UTC 
(In reply to Michał Górny from comment #2)
> (In reply to Alon Bar-Lev from comment #1)
> > (In reply to Michał Górny from comment #0)
> > > libassuan-config is really unfriendly, so we should seriously kick upstream
> > > to provide a proper pkg-config file.
> > 
> > So why do you open a bug a downstream?
> 
> So that someone with an account/communication channel to upstream will proxy
> it.

Upstream against pkg-config, it was rejected many times. If you want to make another attempt please do.
Comment 4 Robin Johnson archtester Gentoo Infrastructure gentoo-dev Security 2013-10-26 17:33:35 UTC 
Upstream has rejected pkgconfig for the last 6 years at least, why do you think he will start accepting it now?

http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/add-pkgconfig-support-to-libksba-and-libassuan-td28978.html
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/pkg-config-support-for-libgcrypt-td27712.html
http://gnupg.10057.n7.nabble.com/PATCH-Generate-and-install-a-pkg-config-file-for-gpg-error-td22345.html

If you can convince him to accept it, all the power to you; both alonbl and myself have argued in the past on the gnupg-dev lists for pkgconfig, and lost.