Re: [PATCH] Use PKG_CHECK_MODULES to detect the libxml2 library

On 2020-03-10 12:41, Daniel Gustafsson wrote:
>> On 10 Mar 2020, at 11:53, Hugh McMaster <hugh(dot)mcmaster(at)outlook(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> Debian (and Ubuntu) are beginning to remove foo-config legacy scripts.
>> Already, xml2-config has been flagged for removal, with packages being
>> asked to switch to pkg-config.
>>
>> This patch uses pkg-config's PKG_CHECK_MODULES macro to detect libxml2
>> or, if pkg-config is not available, falls back to xml2-confg.
>
> This was previously discussed in 20200120204715(dot)GA73984(at)msg(dot)df7cb(dot)de which
> ended without a real conclusion on what could/should be done (except that
> nothing *had* to be done).
>
> What is the situation on non-Debian/Ubuntu systems (BSD's, macOS etc etc)? Is
> it worth adding pkg-config support if we still need a fallback to xml2-config?

Btw., here is an older thread for the same issue
<https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/1358164265.29612.7.camel%40vanquo.pezone.net>.
Might be worth reflecting on the issues discussed there.

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