RE: pkg-config

> > You extract the libs all to a common directory.  pkg-config 
> would be under
> > that common directory in bin.
> 
> Mmm, does this mean that you cannot reuse the installed pkg-config of
> your linux distribution ? I suppose you can configure 
> pkg-config to look
> at an alternate directory for the .pc files, and it would provide the
> right result, provided a few patches or something such.

Are you suggesting using your pkg-config binary from Linux on Windows? That
will not work.

> Well, if you can cross compile the libraries, you can produce a cross
> compil debian package to go with the already existing mingw32 
> packages.
> If that did work, cross compiling gtk apps would be a breeze, and you
> wouldn't need to give yourself over to the dark side. This would be of
> interrest to the peoples who are mainly linux developper but want to
> have a windows version of their program available also.
> 

LOL @ darkside.

Regards,
Martyn