linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5] scripts: use pkg-config to locate libcrypto

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQykaDV4DfOv2xzK1fQLEK_hVY3CamAWNXn+-ELJOJdiA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Jan 2021 15:30:03 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Rolf Eike Beer <eb@...ix.com>
Cc:     David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, keyrings@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5] scripts: use pkg-config to locate libcrypto

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 2:42 PM Rolf Eike Beer <eb@...ix.com> wrote:
>
> Am Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2021, 13:49:12 CET schrieb Rolf Eike Beer:
> > Otherwise build fails if the headers are not in the default location. While
> > at it also ask pkg-config for the libs, with fallback to the existing
> > value.
>
> Can someone please take this through the kbuild-tree? Noone seems to be
> interested in picking this up so far.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eike
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Is 'PKG_CONFIG' necessary?

I see many Makefiles hard-coding 'pkg-config'.



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada