2007-12-08 Stepan Kasal * pkg-config.1: Document "Requires.private" and recommend it for libraries. --- pkg-config.1.reqpriv 2007-12-08 16:26:48.000000000 +0100 +++ pkg-config.1 2007-12-08 17:40:22.000000000 +0100 @@ -359,6 +359,17 @@ line. If the version of a package is unspecified, any version will be used with no checking. .TP +.I Requires.private: +A list of packages required by this package. The difference from +.I Requires +is that the packages listed under +.I Requires.private +are not taken into account when a flag list is computed for dynamicly linked +executable (i.e., when \-\-static was not specified). +In the situation where each .pc file corresponds to a library, +.I Requires.private +shall be used exclusively to specify the dependencies between the libraries. +.TP .I "Conflicts:" This optional line allows \fIpkg-config\fP to perform additional sanity checks, primarily to detect broken user installations. The