why are we not using pkg-config in configure

[Danny Rawlins]

Hi,

I would like to know if there is any issues as to why we are not using
pkg-config to check for needed library's with the m4 macros.

Also this question arose in #winehackers
TBBle> Hmm. Is pkg-config broken under mingw? And do we care?

Regards,
Danny Rawlins

[Alexandre Julliard]

Danny Rawlins  writes:
> I would like to know if there is any issues as to why we are not using
> pkg-config to check for needed library's with the m4 macros.

We use it in a few places where we have no choice, but in general it's
doing more harm than good. The whole concept is broken.