[dpdk-dev] [PATCH 5/7] build/pkg-config: output driver libs first for static build

[Luca Boccassi]

On Wed, 2020-04-29 at 11:08 +0100, Bruce Richardson wrote:
> When calling pkg-config --static --libs, pkg-config will always output the
> regular libs first, and then the extra libs from libraries.private field,
> since the assumption is that those are additional dependencies for building
> statically that the .a files depend upon.
> 
> However, for DPDK, we only link the driver files for static builds, and
> those need to come *before* the regular libraries. To get this result, we
> need two pkgconfig files for DPDK, one for the shared libs, and a second
> for the static libs and drivers, which depends upon the first. Using a
> dependency means that the shared libs are printed only after the
> libraries.private field rather than before.

A neat trick! Can we document that the new file is an implementation
detail for internal usage, and that it should not be referenced
directly?
I'm even pondering if it would be possible to install it in a private
directory, need to check if there's a way for Requires to specify
prefixes

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Kind regards,
Luca Boccassi