[CMake] PKGCONFIG backward compatibility on CVS trunk.

Alan W. Irwin irwin at beluga.phys.uvic.ca
Tue Dec 5 17:30:39 EST 2006


On 2006-12-05 22:31+0100 Michel Hermier wrote:

>>> 
>> Do you have a case where something works in CMake-2.4.4, but does not work 
>> in CVS CMake that uses UsePkgConfig.cmake?
>> If so, we will fix it.  If this is new stuff, we can not change 
>> UsePkgConfig.cmake because it will break old code.   There should
>> be no change in this stuff from 2.4.4 and 2.4.5, so either should work the 
>> same.  The new module is currently only in CVS.
>> 
>> -Bill
>>

> I checked the generation of the qca.pc file and it was not updated for 2 
> month so it was definitely working before the update.

Michel, could you clarify, please?  Are you comparing an old CVS version
with latest CVS or an _actual release_ (such as 2.4.5 which is available for
you to try) with latest CVS?

Alan
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