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[PATCH v2] gnu: mpv: Fix pkgconfig file.

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Message #36 received at 68250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Hilton Chain <hako <at> ultrarare.space>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 宋文武 <iyzsong <at> member.fsf.org>,
 68250 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Munyoki Kilyungi <me <at> bonfacemunyoki.com>,
 Lars-Dominik Braun <lars <at> 6xq.net>, Zheng Junjie <zhengjunjie <at> iscas.ac.cn>,
 Josselin Poiret <dev <at> jpoiret.xyz>, Andrew Tropin <andrew <at> trop.in>,
 jgart <jgart <at> dismail.de>, Marius Bakke <marius <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#68250: [PATCH v2] gnu: mpv: Fix pkgconfig file.
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:31:36 +0800

Hi Maxim,

On Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:01:31 +0800,
Maxim Cournoyer wrote:
>
> Hi Hilton,
>
> Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Hilton,
> >
> > [...]
> >
> >>> I've just seen this, after pushing a hot fix as
> >>> f3fdb4e041cb5740ba0b38b9ad017571f8414d33, which propagates all listed
> >>> libraries in Requires.private.
> >>>
> >>> I suppose that someone wanting to build something statically from mpv
> >>> would benefit from having the original mpv.pc file without
> >>> modifications.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps we can try it out for a bit, and if the propagation causes
> >>> problems, we can fall-back to this change here?
> >>
> >>
> >> Then we should follow the approach in v1 to add libmpv as a separate package.
> >> I'll send v3 later.
> >
> > Actually I don't think we need to split out a library for mpv here;
> > there are two things we can do in the short term:
> >
> > 1. Build MPV strictly as a shared library (-Dbuild=shared) or something
> > in Meson.  Then Meson doesn't output all these Requires.private
> > dependencies, which are only useful for static linking, and which
> > pkg-config confusingly uses for its --exists check.
> >
> > 2. On core-updates, I've been experimenting with replacing pkg-config
> > with pkgconf, which seems to be designed better for avoiding the above
> > pkg-config's pitfall.  Currently stuck on a hard to understand cycle.
>
> I've implemented 2. above; see: <https://issues.guix.gnu.org/68813>,
> which removes the need to propagate pkg-config *.private fields, which
> should only be needed when doing static builds.
>
> I'm thus closing this issue.  Let me know if I've missed anything!


Great to see!  Thank you very much!

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