PointCloudLibrary / PointCloudLibrary/pcl
[pkg-config] Provide a single package-config `.pc` file for all pcl libraries
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Description
pkg-config with pcl needs to be informed of each individual library. It's quite bothersome
Expected behavior
pkg-config --cflags pcl should return the cflags for all PCL libraries
Current Behavior
Need to call pkg-config --cflags pcl_common and so on
Additional context
Every module's CMakeLists.txt creates a pkg-config. This can be done by creating a fake module which depends on all built modules and then generates a pkg-config file
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Inspect the module CMakeLists.txt files that currently generate individual pkg-config files, then trace how built modules are collected. Verify the aggregate behavior with pkg-config --cflags pcl; done means one pcl.pc file exposes the flags for all built PCL libraries.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, cpp
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100