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author | Chris Kuethe <ckuethe@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-11-28 00:48:09 +0000 |
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committer | Chris Kuethe <ckuethe@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2006-11-28 00:48:09 +0000 |
commit | 2f13f3f3ce872496f863ca1a2fa007a449792501 (patch) | |
tree | bddb90de79309b7caaaa6d9e2e2bcfbe6befcba9 /usr.bin/pkg-config/pkg-config.1 | |
parent | b8f3ca258865949788f8c9bc6e8cda425d1b2bc2 (diff) |
Initial version of a manpage. More options will be described as they are
implemented.
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diff --git a/usr.bin/pkg-config/pkg-config.1 b/usr.bin/pkg-config/pkg-config.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..47ce08f322b --- /dev/null +++ b/usr.bin/pkg-config/pkg-config.1 @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: pkg-config.1,v 1.1 2006/11/28 00:48:08 ckuethe Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2006 Chris Kuethe <ckuethe@openbsd.org> +.\" +.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any +.\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above +.\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. +.\" +.\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES +.\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF +.\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR +.\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES +.\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN +.\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF +.\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. +.\" +.Dd November 27, 2006 +.Dt pkg-config 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pkg-config +.Nd fetch metadata about installed software packages +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm pkg-config +.Op Ar options +.Ar pkg-name Op Ar pkg-name ... +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +utility retreives metadata about the installation of software packages. +This metadata includes version, compiler and linker flags, and dependency +information. +.Pp +Metadata is stored in files named after the package they describe; the +Yoyodyne package would likely be described by "yoyodyne.pc". +Packages controlled by the +.Xr ports 7 +system store their metadata in +.Pa ${LOCALBASE}/lib/pkgconfig +and X stores its metadata in +.Pa ${X11BASE}/lib/pkgconfig. +.Pp + +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl -debug +Enable internal development and debugging messages. +.It Fl -help +Print a help message and exit. +.It Fl -usage +Print a help message and exit. +.It Fl -list-all +List all installed packages and exit. +.It Fl -version +Print version of +.Nm +and exit. +.It Fl -errors-to-stdout +Direct error messages to stdout rather than stderr. +.It Fl -atleast-pkgconfig-version Ar version +Exit with error if +.Nm +is not new enough. + +.It Fl -cflags +Return all compiler flags required to compile against the package. +.It Fl -cflags-only-I +Return only the include path flags required to compile against the package. +.It Fl -cflags-only-other +Return all compiler flags, other than the include path flags, required to +compile against the package. + +.It Fl -libs +Return all linker flags required to linker against the package. +.It Fl -libs-only-l +Return only the library (-lwhatever) flags required to link against +the package. +.It Fl -libs-only-L +Return only the library path (-L/path/to/lib) flags required to link +against the package. +.It Fl -libs-only-other +Return linker flags, other than the library and path flags, required to +compile against the package. + +.It Fl -exists +Return true if all the specified packages are installed. +.It Fl -uninstalled +Allow packages not controlled by +.Nm +to be used. +.It Fl -static +Return the compiler and/or linker flags required for static linking. +.It Fl -atleast-version Ar version +Exit with error if the specified package is not new enough +.It Fl -modversion +Fetch package version +.It Fl -variable Ar name +Fetch the value of the named variable. +.El +.Sh ENVIRONMENT +.Bl -tag -width PKG_CONFIG_PATH +.It Ev PKG_CONFIG_PATH +This can be used to specify a colon-separated list of paths to search for +package files. +If given, this list of paths is prepended to the standard search path. +.El +.Pp +The +.Nm +utility aims to be a replacement for the program of the same name available +from freedesktop.org. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pkg_info 1 , +.Xr ports 7 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +utility first appeared in +.Ox 4.1 |