Chris Robinson wrote:
> The *-config scripts are basically bash/sh scripts, that have a few things
> replaced (version number, etc). I'm no expert with bash scripting, though. At
> least, not to where I can fully grasp what the script is doing. If something
> turns up broken in it, or not working as intended, it would be difficult for
> me to fix it. And given that it's preferred to use pkg-config anyway, and
> there's little-to-no use for openal-config, it doesn't seem worth it to
> include.
>
It's useful in the cases where the host system doesn't have pkg-config
installed.
If pkg-config is available, I agree it would be the preferred method.
I'm not convinced it's a good idea to assume that pkg-config is
installed on every machine that OpenAL might be installed on, though.
--"J"
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