Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-packaging (250 mails)

[Stephan Kulow <coolo@xxxxxxx>]

Am Dienstag 11 August 2009 schrieb Philipp Thomas:
> https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=529921 shows why encoding
> system library paths like /usr/lib and /usr/lib64 in pkgconfig files is a
> very bad idea indeed.
>
> I'd propose to add a brp script that checks for -L%{libdir} in .pc files
> and fails the package if found. That way maintainers of a package that
> comes with .pc files would be forced to fix their packages. I'd even
> volunteer to write said brp script.

Why has the package to be changed? Wouldn't it be enough if said brp script 
simply patches the paths out?

Greetings, Stephan

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