Bug 445618 (pc_noupstream)

Summary:	[tracker] packages shipping non-upstream or modified pkgconfig files
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Julian Ospald <hasufell>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Julian Ospald <hasufell>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	Tracker
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
See Also:	https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=445130
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	443786, 445622, 445630, 445632, 468298, 509392
Bug Blocks:

Description Julian Ospald 2012-12-02 14:57:07 UTC

pkgconfig files should only be modified upstream

if ebuilds modify or create them, then we have to document that, so developers don't use them for their build systems, otherwise they provide broken build systems when it comes to other distros

Comment 1 Julian Ospald 2014-05-04 23:19:41 UTC

For clarification, this bug is not meant to track NEW violations of this policy
(see http://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/common-mistakes/index.html under "Pkgconfig files") which has been confirmed by QA recently.

Work with upstream to fix it, don't add new files, fix build systems that rely on non-upstream pkgconfig files.

Comment 2 Julian Ospald 2014-05-13 19:46:53 UTC

neither QA team, nor council cares about quality assurance, closing