diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'usermanual/reference/class_pkgconfig.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | usermanual/reference/class_pkgconfig.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/usermanual/reference/class_pkgconfig.xml b/usermanual/reference/class_pkgconfig.xml index d4334a063b..3cb5002df5 100644 --- a/usermanual/reference/class_pkgconfig.xml +++ b/usermanual/reference/class_pkgconfig.xml @@ -3,13 +3,14 @@ <title>pkgconfig class</title> <para>The pkgconfig class is for packages that install - <command><pkg>.pc</command> files that provide information about the - build settings for the package via the use of the - <command>pkg-config</command> command.</para> + <command><pkg>.pc</command> files. These files provide information + about the build settings for the package vwhich are then made available by + the <command>pkg-config</command> command.</para> - <para>Since the contents of the file is used at build time it is required to - be copied into the staging area. All the actions performed by the class are - appended to the <emphasis>stage</emphasis> task.</para> + <para>Since the contents of the <command>.pc</command> files are used at + build time they need to be installed into the staging area. All the actions + performed by this class are appended to the <emphasis>stage</emphasis> + task.</para> <para>The actions performed by the pkgconfig class are:</para> @@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ <para>A package is considered to be native if it also inherits the native class.</para> - <para>The class will search in source directory, <command>${S}</command>, + <para>The class will search the source directory, <command>${S}</command>, and all it's subdirectories, for files that end in <command>.pc</command> (it will ignore those that end in <command>-uninstalled.pc)</command> and process them as described above. All that is required to use the class is |