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documentation needs update for replacing gpgme-config
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Hello,
the texinfo manual still documents gpgme-config as canonical way to find gpgme. However with gpg-error 1.46 gpg-error-config is installed by default anymore, which propagates to gpgme not installing gpgme-config when built against this version of gpg-error. So the documented way does not work anymore.

Since gpgrt-config does not work unless a correct --libdir was passed (or a PKGCONFIG ebvironment variable was set) I would suggest to use refer to pkgconfig in examples like

gcc -c foo.c `gpgme-config --cflags`

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1.18.0

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rM GPGME
rMae2057e60174 doc: Update documentation for gpgme.pc and pkg-config.

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ametzler1 created this task.Nov 13 2022, 8:03 AM
• gniibe claimed this task.Nov 14 2022, 10:17 AM
• gniibe triaged this task as High priority.
• gniibe added a commit: rMae2057e60174: doc: Update documentation for gpgme.pc and pkg-config..Nov 15 2022, 6:26 AM
• gniibe changed the task status from Open to Testing.Nov 22 2022, 2:50 AM
• gniibe added a project: Documentation.

Please use gpgme.pc to configure your build. Your options are:
(1) With Autoconf:
(1-1) Use pkg.m4 and PKG_CHECK_MODULES (which uses pkg-config to access gpgme.pc)
(1-2) Use gpgme.m4 and AM_PATH_GPGME (which uses gpgrt-config to access gpgme.pc)
(2) Or... use pkg-config to access gpgme.pc.

Use of gpgme.m4 (and gpgrt-config) is intended for an environment where pkg-config is not available, like an early stage of bootstrapping OS build.
GnuPG and its friends uses gpgrt-config.

ametzler1 added a comment.Nov 22 2022, 6:28 PM

Thank you, looks good to me.

thesamesam added a subscriber: thesamesam.Jan 5 2023, 11:00 AM
• gniibe closed this task as Resolved.Apr 13 2023, 3:08 AM

Fixed in 1.19.0.