From 159ad20b894a9af2893cacfcca19fcec7f21fa06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Robert Hensing Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2023 12:59:38 +0100 Subject: doc: Add pkg-config section --- doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml | 1 + doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md | 9 +++++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md (limited to 'doc/languages-frameworks') diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml index 7d404643d3693..3774924c0be4a 100644 --- a/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/index.xml @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ + diff --git a/doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md b/doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..f19f56840345b --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/languages-frameworks/pkg-config.section.md @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +# pkg-config {#sec-pkg-config} + +*pkg-config* is a unified interface for declaring and querying built C/C++ libraries. + +Nixpkgs provides a couple of facilities for working with this tool. + + - A [setup hook](#setup-hook-pkg-config) bundled with in the `pkg-config` package, to bring a derivation's declared build inputs into the environment. + - The [`validatePkgConfig` setup hook](https://nixos.org/manual/nixpkgs/stable/#validatepkgconfig), for packages that provide pkg-config modules. + - The `pkg-configPackages` package set: a set of aliases, named after the modules they provide. This is meant to be used by language-to-nix integrations. Hand-written packages should use the normal Nixpkgs attribute name instead. -- cgit 1.4.1