add pkg-config config?

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add pkg-config config?

Closed this issue 3 years ago · 5 comments

To facilitate things for non-cmake setups, such as checking the version, setting include and library paths, it would be great to have primecount generating configuration, a .pc file, and installing it in the appropriate location (often it's subdirectory pkgconfig of the directory where the library is installed).

Answer 1 · 2021-11-16T12:56:35.000Z

see e.g. https://www.scivision.dev/cmake-generate-pkg-config/

Answer 2 · 2021-11-16T13:11:20.000Z

If you submit a merge request I will gladly merge it. I don't frequently use pkg-config myself, so I would appreciate if you would do the testing.

I guess you could copy/resue most of primesieve's code: primesieve.pc.in and CMakeLists.txt.

Answer 3 · 2021-11-21T09:38:52.000Z

Tested successfully on Linux and macOS using both GCC & Clang.

Answer 4 · 2021-11-21T13:27:53.000Z

Thanks. Do you have timeline for the release of 7.2 ? I know that Debian people are now busy packaging 7.1, perhaps they could wait a bit?

Answer 5 · 2021-11-21T15:09:08.000Z

Thanks. Do you have timeline for the release of 7.2 ? I know that Debian people are now busy packaging 7.1, perhaps they could wait a bit?

Yes, personally I think they should wait (and not package 7.1), this way they don't have to do the packaging work twice. I will do a new primesieve and primecount release mid next week.