I believe that the pkg-config e-build needs to be updated such that it remedies the problem of no including /usr/local/lib. This is not an issue for most ebuilds because they are standized for --prefix=/usr however when i compile software on my own (external of portage) i find it easy to sort it by using --prefix=/usr/local. However, when these packages install their pc (pkg-config) files they place them in /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig. I believe this should be automatically included in the pkg-config ebuild. My solution is as follows: Include a file to be installed to /etc/env.d that includes the line: PKG_CONFIG_PATH='/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' It seems like this feature would help many people and is not that big of a deal to include it. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a library with --prefix=/usr/local 2. Run pkg-config --list-all Actual Results: pkg-config does not list the library. Expected Results: shown the new library in the list of all libraries it knows about.
Why did this get switched to GNOME? Its a Portage / Ebuild issue. And as far as i know pkgconfig is independant totally of gnome. Simply a development tool.
it's not a portage/ebuild issue & pkgconfig is maintained by the gnome team fyi I think it's wiser to keep the paths to defaults, to avoid problems with extra non-default libs. Some ppl have completely seperate installs in /usr/local or maybe in /opt . I think it's up to those -advanced- users to alter this behaviour to their need, this not a problem on any default gentoo install. So, for those reasons closing this wontfix.
