lib.rs |
A build dependency for Cargo libraries to find system artifacts through the
`pkg-config` utility.
This library will shell out to `pkg-config` as part of build scripts and
probe the system to determine how to link to a specified library. The
`Config` structure serves as a method of configuring how `pkg-config` is
invoked in a builder style.
A number of environment variables are available to globally configure how
this crate will invoke `pkg-config`:
* `FOO_NO_PKG_CONFIG` - if set, this will disable running `pkg-config` when
probing for the library named `foo`.
* `PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS` - The `pkg-config` command usually doesn't
support cross-compilation, and this crate prevents it from selecting
incompatible versions of libraries.
Setting `PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1` disables this protection, which is
likely to cause linking errors, unless `pkg-config` has been configured
to use appropriate sysroot and search paths for the target platform.
There are also a number of environment variables which can configure how a
library is linked to (dynamically vs statically). These variables control
whether the `--static` flag is passed. Note that this behavior can be
overridden by configuring explicitly on `Config`. The variables are checked
in the following order:
* `FOO_STATIC` - pass `--static` for the library `foo`
* `FOO_DYNAMIC` - do not pass `--static` for the library `foo`
* `PKG_CONFIG_ALL_STATIC` - pass `--static` for all libraries
* `PKG_CONFIG_ALL_DYNAMIC` - do not pass `--static` for all libraries
After running `pkg-config` all appropriate Cargo metadata will be printed on
stdout if the search was successful.
# Example
Find the system library named `foo`, with minimum version 1.2.3:
```no_run
fn main() {
pkg_config::Config::new().atleast_version("1.2.3").probe("foo").unwrap();
}
```
Find the system library named `foo`, with no version requirement (not
recommended):
```no_run
fn main() {
pkg_config::probe_library("foo").unwrap();
}
```
Configure how library `foo` is linked to.
```no_run
fn main() {
pkg_config::Config::new().atleast_version("1.2.3").statik(true).probe("foo").unwrap();
}
``` |
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