UsePkgConfig: Update documentation

This module is deprecated yet still documentation output can be improved
a bit to provide relevant info where to go instead and how to "migrate"
to FindPkgConfig. Also in the near future, this can be further extended
or adjusted with `cmake_pkg_config()` built-in command.
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------------ ------------
.. deprecated:: 3.0 .. deprecated:: 3.0
Use :module:`FindPkgConfig` instead.
This module should no longer be used. Instead, use the
:module:`FindPkgConfig` module or the :command:`cmake_pkg_config` command.
This module provided a macro for finding external packages using
``pkg-config`` command-line utility. It has been replaced by the more
convenient ``FindPkgConfig`` module, which is commonly used in
:ref:`Find Modules`.
As of CMake 3.31, the built-in :command:`cmake_pkg_config` command provides
even more features to extract package information.
Macros
^^^^^^
This module defines the following macro: This module defines the following macro:
PKGCONFIG(package includedir libdir linkflags cflags) .. command:: pkgconfig
Calling PKGCONFIG will fill the desired information into the 4 given Finds external package using ``pkg-config`` and sets result variables:
arguments, e.g. PKGCONFIG(libart-2.0 LIBART_INCLUDE_DIR
LIBART_LINK_DIR LIBART_LINK_FLAGS LIBART_CFLAGS) if pkg-config was NOT .. code-block:: cmake
found or the specified software package doesn't exist, the variable
will be empty when the function returns, otherwise they will contain pkgconfig(<package> <includedir> <libdir> <linkflags> <cflags>)
the respective information
This macro invokes ``pkg-config`` command-line utility to retrieve the package
information into specified variables. If ``pkg-config`` or the specified
package ``<package>`` is NOT found, the result variables remain empty.
The arguments are:
``<package>``
Name of the package as defined in its PC metadata file (``<package>.pc``).
``<includedir>``
Variable name to store the package's include directory.
``<libdir>``
Variable name to store the directory containing the package library.
``<linkflags>``
Variable name to store the linker flags for the package.
``<cflags>``
Variable name to store the compiler flags for the package.
Examples
^^^^^^^^
Using this module fills the desired information into the four given variables:
.. code-block:: cmake
include(UsePkgConfig)
pkgconfig(
libart-2.0
LIBART_INCLUDEDIR
LIBART_LIBDIR
LIBART_LDFLAGS
LIBART_CFLAGS
)
Migrating to the :module:`FindPkgConfig` would look something like this:
.. code-block:: cmake
find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
pkg_check_modules(LIBART QUIET libart-2.0)
endif()
message(STATUS "LIBART_INCLUDEDIR=${LIBART_INCLUDEDIR}")
message(STATUS "LIBART_LIBDIR=${LIBART_LIBDIR}")
message(STATUS "LIBART_LDFLAGS=${LIBART_LDFLAGS}")
message(STATUS "LIBART_CFLAGS=${LIBART_CFLAGS}")
#]=======================================================================] #]=======================================================================]
find_program(PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE NAMES pkg-config ) find_program(PKGCONFIG_EXECUTABLE NAMES pkg-config )