meson: generate pkg-config -uninstalled pc files

Generating those files is useful for users building the GStreamer stack
using meson and having to link it to another project which is still
using the autotools.

Fixed the -uninstalled pc file libdir path while I was on it.

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=776810

diff --git a/validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am b/validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
index b93b5c96235e463d33ec13a4278f5c05a040b95a..4746a0407e3c91db3529571bb63ebb5511bbc825 100644 (file)
--- a/validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
+++ b/validate/pkgconfig/Makefile.am
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ all-local: $(pcfiles) $(pcfiles_uninstalled)
 %-@GST_API_VERSION@.pc: %.pc
        cp $< $@
 %-@GST_API_VERSION@-uninstalled.pc: %-uninstalled.pc
-       cp $< $@
+### the uninstalled libdir is depend of the build system used so set it here
+### rather than hardcoding it in the file directly.
+       $(AM_V_GEN) sed \
+               -e "s|[@]validatelibdir[@]|$(abs_top_builddir)/gst/validate/.libs|" \
+               $< > $@.tmp && mv $@.tmp $@
+
 
 pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 pkgconfig_DATA = $(pcfiles)

diff --git a/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in b/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in
index 7f77d226a2bb5b46b6ba38905685b4482cafe722..6f2d83349e0a4414ffed12a812df102e1b100f5f 100644 (file)
--- a/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in
+++ b/validate/pkgconfig/gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # the standard variables don't make sense for an uninstalled copy
 prefix=
 exec_prefix=
-libdir=@abs_top_builddir@/ges
+libdir=@validatelibdir@
 includedir=@abs_top_builddir@
 
 Name: gst-validate

diff --git a/validate/pkgconfig/meson.build b/validate/pkgconfig/meson.build
index 5105417a3c6dcf9f6f8db68ba28744905f47b4e8..5cbbe7e5fe3a2d090b25fdb9c40bb3db2c27ed4c 100644 (file)
--- a/validate/pkgconfig/meson.build
+++ b/validate/pkgconfig/meson.build
@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@ pkgconf.set('includedir', '${prefix}/@0@'.format(get_option('includedir')))
 pkgconf.set('GST_API_VERSION', apiversion)
 pkgconf.set('VERSION', gst_version)
 
+# needed for generating -uninstalled.pc files
+pkgconf.set('abs_top_builddir', join_paths(meson.current_build_dir(), '..'))
+pkgconf.set('abs_top_srcdir', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), '..'))
+pkgconf.set('validatelibdir', join_paths(meson.build_root(), gstvalidate.outdir()))
+
 pkg_install_dir = '@0@/pkgconfig'.format(get_option('libdir'))
 
 configure_file(input : 'gst-validate.pc.in',
   output : 'gst-validate-1.0.pc',
   configuration : pkgconf,
   install_dir : pkg_install_dir)
+
+configure_file(input : 'gst-validate-uninstalled.pc.in',
+  output : 'gst-validate-1.0-uninstalled.pc',
+  configuration : pkgconf)