[FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH] Use pkgconfig for dirac libs

[Diego Biurrun]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 11:21:51AM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote:
> On 22-10-2008 1:23, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> > Use of pkgconfig is discouraged; it creates more problems than it
> > solves, especially when cross-compiling.
> 
> How so?

Maybe you can start by answering the following questions:

What exactly is the "problem" pkg-config is out to solve?
How did people deal with those "problems" during the previous decades
without pkg-config?

Diego