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Hassan
Hassan

Reputation: 910

PKG_CONFIG_PATH does not clear

I am experimenting with pkg-config.

pkg-config --list-all

still shows a list of packages, even when PKG_CONFIG_PATH is empty.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 750

Answers (1)

Breno Leitão
Breno Leitão

Reputation: 3677

If the variable is empty, then it uses the standard directory /usr/share/pkgconfig and /usr/lib/<arch>/pkgconfig.

Take a look on my example:

$ pkg-config  --debug 2>&1  | head
no output option set, defaulting to --exists
Error printing disabled by default due to use of output options --exists, --atleast/exact/max-version or no output option at all. Value of --print-errors: 0
Error printing disabled
Adding virtual 'pkg-config' package to list of known packages
Cannot open directory '/usr/local/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/pkgconfig' in package search path: No such file or directory
Cannot open directory '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig' in package search path: No such file or directory
Cannot open directory '/usr/local/share/pkgconfig' in package search path: No such file or directory
Scanning directory '/usr/lib/powerpc64le-linux-gnu/pkgconfig'

Upvotes: 1

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