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Merge pull request #39 from GregorR/grammar 

Minor grammar fixes to the README.
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William Pitcock 2012-08-31 13:36:51 -07:00
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@ -6,15 +6,15 @@ pkgconf provides compiler and linker configuration for development frameworks.
pkgconf is a program which helps to configure compiler and linker flags for
development frameworks. It is similar to pkg-config, but was written from
scratch in Summer of 2011 to replace pkg-config, which now needs itself to
scratch in the summer of 2011 to replace pkg-config, which now needs itself to
build itself (or you can set a bunch of environment variables, both are
pretty ugly.)
pretty ugly).
Implementations of pkg-config, such as pkgconf are typically used with the
Implementations of pkg-config, such as pkgconf, are typically used with the
PKG_CHECK_MODULES autoconf macro. As far as I (nenolod) know, pkgconf is
compatible with all known variations of this macro. pkgconf detects at
runtime whether or not it was started as 'pkg-config', and if so, attempts
to set program options in a way where it's behaviour should be similar.
to set program options such that its behaviour is similar.
In terms of the autoconf macro, it is possible to specify the PKG_CONFIG
environment variable, so that you can test pkgconf without overwriting your