pkg-config
toolThis tool extends Cargo with a pkg-config-like interface.
This allows you to extract metadata from Cargo crates like build artifacts
in a manner that is synonymous with the native pkg-config
.
For example, with bindgen
:
```
cargo pkgconfig --libs bindgen Finished dev [unoptimized + debuginfo] target(s) in 0.05s /LIBPATH:D:/Dev/Repositories/rust-bindgen/target/debug libbindgen.rlib Bcrypt.lib Userenv.lib ```
You can then use this output such as follows in a Makefile project: ```shell
.PHONY: libsync.a
libsync.a:
@RMCOMMAND@ libsync.a
CRATELIBS=@CARGO@ pkgconfig --libs sync -- --release --manifest-path $(srcdir)/sync/Cargo.toml
; \
if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then exit $$?; fi; \
@MAKELIB@ $$CRATELIBS; \
$(RANLIB) libsync.a
libcpu.a: $(OBJS) @OBJS64@ libsync.a @RMCOMMAND@ libcpu.a @MAKELIB@ $(OBJS) @OBJS64@ libsync.a $(RANLIB) libcpu.a ```
Note that this is not to be confused with the pkg-config
crate,
which is intended to expose a programmatic interface to the native pkg-config
for build.rs
scripts.