Re: [Proposal] Generate pkg-config for server module development

On 2026-01-03 01:24, Andreas Karlsson wrote:
> On 12/17/25 3:17 PM, Anders Åstrand wrote:
>> I'm not entirely sure about what parameters we should include in the
>> pkg-config
>> file, but what I have in the attached patch is inspired by PGXS and the
>> pkg-config files we already generate for shared libraries.
>
> Have you looked at Nazir's work in progress for generating pkg-config
> files in Meson[1]? Maybe he has some ideas for what parameters to
> include. In general I think the goal should be to include the stuff
> which is in pg_conifg.

No I had not! Thank you for pointing me to that thread, it didn't seem
related when I was looking for threads about this. That patch seems much
more complete and I should probably just port it to make and include
both patches here.

It's reassuring that that patch also add it to backends build file, I
was very unsure about that.

> Will look at the actual patch later.
>
> References
>
> 1.
> https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/CAN55FZ138OBEehyxD1FKySMxKFteqf_VOR8LBkz-055YGU12rg%40mail.gmail.com
>
> Andreas
>
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Anders Åstrand
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