Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] [PATCH] Fix gtk+-2.0 detection

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws@xxxxxxxxx>]

Guy Harris wrote:
> Jess Balint wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 02:26:14PM -0400, Jeff Morriss wrote:
> > > Jess Balint wrote:
> > > > The aclocal-fallback files have the arguments in an order that does not
> > > > work (for pkg-config). see attached patch
> > > Is this a new or old GTK?  It works for me no matter the order:
> > Not for me, hence the fix. It's also first in other spots.
> >
> > Ex.
> >
> > 	pkg-config --version
> > 	0.20
>
> Jeff, what does "pkg-config --version" report on the system where you 
> saw that it worked OK in either order?  It might either be that

0.15.0

> 	1) they changed pkg-config to require a particular order in a version 
> later than the one you have

This appears to be the case.

> In either case, always using the order that some versions of pkg-config 
> require will work with versions that require that order and versions 
> that don't, while using the other order will only work with versions of 
> pkg-config that don't require a particular order, so we should check in 
> the patch regardless.

Agreed, I just wanted to understand when it changed.  Will check it in 
shortly (when my ./configure actually finishes ;-)).