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authorKei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>2021-01-18 17:52:13 -0500
committerKei Kebreau <kkebreau@posteo.net>2021-01-18 18:59:48 -0500
commiteb9d36670277f2206f87f50fa5186c482aa7fa12 (patch)
tree7f3b0a00038bc3e5685d4eb3be85c3b891762ce6
parent559feb66618bbeca96ea5431522196d10951b378 (diff)
downloadguix-eb9d36670277f2206f87f50fa5186c482aa7fa12.tar.gz
gnu: libmad: Add comment justifying the 'install-pkg-config phase.
* gnu/packages/mp3.scm (libmad)[arguments]: Add a comment about Audacity
requiring a pkg-config file for libmad.
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/mp3.scm4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
index c32b3cba11..916aa3e3b3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mp3.scm
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
             ;; remove option that is not supported by gcc any more
             (substitute* "configure" ((" -fforce-mem") ""))
             #t))
+        ;; Normally one should not add a pkg-config file if one is not provided
+        ;; by upstream developers, but Audacity expects a pkg-config file for
+        ;; this package, and other major GNU/Linux distributions already provide
+        ;; such a file.
         (add-after 'install 'install-pkg-config
           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))