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Bug 3246

Summary: sdl2 pkg-config does not require x11
Product: SDL Reporter: Sheena Artrip <sheena.artrip>
Component: buildAssignee: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact: Sam Lantinga <slouken>
Severity: normal    
Priority: P2 CC: vcunat
Version: 2.0.4   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   

Description Sheena Artrip 2016-01-25 23:04:06 UTC 
The pkg-config input file (sdl2.pc.in) does not have any Require macro. Therefore on systems where X11 is not in a standard location, the command "pkg-config --cflags --libs sdl2" will not build an application that uses SDL_syswm.h (example in link).

Confirmed against sdl2.pc.in within github mirror.

Related github issue and PR NixOS distro:

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/12585

https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/12586
Comment 1 Sheena Artrip 2016-01-26 02:12:10 UTC 
I realize this might not be good, since a pkg-config --cflags --libs sdl2 will automatically attempt to link to X11, even if SDL_VIDEO_DRIVER_X11 isn't used.

Help yourself to close or modify the issue, as needed.
Comment 2 Sheena Artrip 2016-01-28 07:17:18 UTC 
Unnecessary. Downstream NixOS issues and PRs have been closed and resolved.