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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_deprecated_machine_file.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_deprecated_machine_file.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..36647e90e --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/pkgconfig_deprecated_machine_file.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +## Machine files: `pkgconfig` field deprecated and replaced by `pkg-config` + +Meson used to allow both `pkgconfig` and `pkg-config` entries in machine files, +the former was used for `dependency()` lookup and the latter was used as return +value for `find_program('pkg-config')`. + +This inconsistency is now fixed by deprecating `pkgconfig` in favor of +`pkg-config` which matches the name of the binary. For backward compatibility +it is still allowed to define both with the same value, in that case no +deprecation warning is printed. |