WebAssembly / WebAssembly/binaryen
Provide a pkg-config file?
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Description
Could Binaryen produce a pkg-config file when it is built? I currently maintain a bespoke set of flags for various OS and build envs that need to be provided when including Binaryen in our Binaryen.ml bindings project and in the Grain executables, but OCaml has great support for loading all of those from pkg-config if the files exist. It'd be great if anyone writing bindings for Binaryen could just rely on the pkg-config metadata.
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- 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
No specific files or tests are named. Start by locating Binaryen's build configuration and existing package metadata, then determine where a pkg-config file should be generated for consumers and bindings. Done means builds produce usable metadata containing the flags needed to include and link Binaryen.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, wasm
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100