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NAME
gpgrt-config - Helper script to get information about the installed
version of gpg libraries
SYNOPSIS
gpgrt-config [options] [ module ]
DESCRIPTION
gpgrt-config is a script tool that is used by the autoconf macros
shipped with gnupg software (e.g., AM_PATH_GPG_ERROR and
AM_PATH_GPGME) to determine the compiler and linker flags that should
be used to compile and link programs that use the specific library
(e.g., libgpg-error or libgpgme). gpgrt-config uses pkg-config .pc
files as data source.
Apart from options gpgrt-config accepts a single argument module
specifying the basename (without the ".pc"-suffix) of the pkg-config
file to be used as input. module will default to gpg-error if it is
not specified.
OPTIONS
gpgrt-config accepts the following options:
--libdir=LIBDIR
Parent directory path of pkgconfig file search path. e.g.,
gpgrt-config --libdir=/usr/lib --exists gpgme will parse
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/gpgme.pc.
--exists
Test whether the pkg-config file module.pc exist and exits with
success or error accordingly.
--modversion
Print the currently installed version of module on the standard
output.
--libs
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a program using
the module.
--cflags
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a program
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using the module.
--static
Modifies output if linking statically instead of dynamically.
--variable=VARNAME
Output variable VARNAME from the module's pkg-config file.
BUGS
gpgrt-config is tried to be compatible to pkg-config, and to support
cross build well, but it is not intended to be a replacement.
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