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diff --git a/libbuild2/cc/init.cxx b/libbuild2/cc/init.cxx
index affc4ab..33a1133 100644
--- a/libbuild2/cc/init.cxx
+++ b/libbuild2/cc/init.cxx
@@ -86,7 +86,10 @@ namespace build2
// Enter variables.
//
- auto& vp (rs.var_pool ());
+ // All the variables we enter are qualified so go straight for the
+ // public variable pool.
+ //
+ auto& vp (rs.var_pool (true /* public */));
auto v_t (variable_visibility::target);
@@ -113,6 +116,13 @@ namespace build2
vp.insert<vector<name>> ("cc.export.libs");
vp.insert<vector<name>> ("cc.export.impl_libs");
+ // Header (-I) and library (-L) search paths to use in the generated .pc
+ // files instead of the default install.{include,lib}. Relative paths
+ // are resolved as install paths.
+ //
+ vp.insert<dir_paths> ("cc.pkconfig.include");
+ vp.insert<dir_paths> ("cc.pkconfig.lib");
+
// Hint variables (not overridable).
//
vp.insert<string> ("config.cc.id", false);
@@ -126,15 +136,20 @@ namespace build2
vp.insert<string> ("cc.runtime");
vp.insert<string> ("cc.stdlib");
- // Target type, for example, "C library" or "C++ library". Should be set
- // on the target as a rule-specific variable by the matching rule to the
- // name of the module (e.g., "c", "cxx"). Currenly only set for
- // libraries and is used to decide which *.libs to use during static
- // linking.
- //
- // It can also be the special "cc" value which means a C-common library
- // but specific language is not known. Used in the import installed
- // logic.
+ // Library target type in the <lang>[,<type>...] form where <lang> is
+ // "c" (C library), "cxx" (C++ library), or "cc" (C-common library but
+ // the specific language is not known). Currently recognized <type>
+ // values are "binless" (library is binless) and "recursively-binless"
+ // (library and all its prerequisite libraries are binless). Note that
+ // another indication of a binless library is an empty path, which could
+ // be easier/faster to check. Note also that there should be no
+ // whitespaces of any kind and <lang> is always first.
+ //
+ // This value should be set on the library target as a rule-specific
+ // variable by the matching rule. It is also saved in the generated
+ // pkg-config files. Currently <lang> is used to decide which *.libs to
+ // use during static linking. The "cc" language is used in the import
+ // installed logic.
//
// Note that this variable cannot be set via the target type/pattern-
// specific mechanism (see process_libraries()).
@@ -326,10 +341,11 @@ namespace build2
//
if (!cast_false<bool> (rs["bin.config.loaded"]))
{
- // Prepare configuration hints. They are only used on the first load
- // of bin.config so we only populate them on our first load.
+ // Prepare configuration hints (pretend it belongs to root scope).
+ // They are only used on the first load of bin.config so we only
+ // populate them on our first load.
//
- variable_map h (rs.ctx);
+ variable_map h (rs);
if (first)
{