[CMake] Finder repository

[Maik Beckmann]

Am Montag 26 Mai 2008 22:36:03 schrieb Alexander Neundorf:

> Second comment: pkg-config is not widespread outside of Linux (and maybe
> *BSD, don't know), so find modules should works also without pkgconfig

pkg-config on windows is a PITA!

> Third comment: I think much better than the somewhat complicated
> FindPkgConfig.cmake would be a real cmake command which parses the
> pkgconfig files directly. This would be faster and it would be easier to
> get the information.

IMHO there is at least one exception. GNOME/GTK+ and friends.  They seem to 
rely heavily on pkg-config and I doubt we can avoid it.

> Let's say, it would make them simpler, some simple wrapping would still be
> needed.

Yepp.


Best,
 -- Maik