Bug 54386

Summary:	--print-variables outputs consecutive package variables in reverse order
Product:	pkg-config	Reporter:	Michał Górny <mgorny>
Component:	src	Assignee:	Tollef Fog Heen <tfheen>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Description Michał Górny 2012-09-02 11:11:19 UTC

When multiple packages are passed to --print-variables, the output is printed in reverse order which is confusing to the user, e.g.:

$ pkg-config --print-variables udev systemd
systemdsystemconfdir
exec_prefix
systemduserconfdir
systemdsystemunitdir
systemdutildir
systemdsystemunitpath
prefix
systemduserunitpath
systemduserunitdir

udevdir

I believe that the module list should be re-reversed before printing variables, or iterated from the end.

Comment 1 Dan Nicholson 2012-12-11 19:40:49 UTC

I didn't notice at the time, but this is also fixed by commit d6a1448, which moved the handling after the package list was reversed to the correct orientation.

I'm not sure how useful it is to print the variables from multiple packages, but I don't see a reason to remove that behavior right now.

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