Re: hwdata package

[Niclas Rosenvik <nros%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, 28 Jan 2025 11:53:54 -0500
Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost> wrote:

> It would be good to fix pkg-config to lib/pkgconfig.  It's 921 lib, 18
> share, on my system.
> 
> I think this is one of those pkgsrc regularlization things, but the
> guide doesn't specify.
> 
Greg, I think the reason some packages put stuff in share/pkgconfig is
related to the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard" it states that the share
directory "is for all read-only architecture independent data files" and
packages like hwdata includes just that. Other pkgconfig files in
share/pkgconfig on my machine are xorg-macros, poppler-data,
wayland-protocols, icon-themes etc that points to just architecure
independent data files. Some header only libraries like microsoft GSL
(devel/c++gsl in pkgsrc) put their pc files under share/pkgconfig as
well.