FILE SYNTAX¶

The .personality file follows a format inspired by RFC822. Comments are prefixed by a pound sign, hash sign or octothorpe (#), and variable assignment is similar to POSIX shell. Properties are defined using RFC822-style stanzas.

PROPERTIES¶

Properties are set using RFC822-style stanzas which consist of a keyword, followed by a colon (:) and then the value the property should be set to. Variable substitution is always performed regardless of property type.

There are three types of property:

Literal

The property will be set to the text of the value.

Fragment List

The property will be set to a list of fragments parsed from the text. The input text must be in a format that is suitable for passing to a POSIX shell without any shell expansions after variable substitution has been done. Elements are delimited with a colon.

Boolean

The property will be set to true if the value is one of: true, yes or 1. Otherwise it will be set to false.

PROPERTY KEYWORDS¶

Triplet

The triplet used by the cross-compile toolchain. (mandatory; literal)

SysrootDir

The directory used by the system root of the cross-compile toolchain. (mandatory; literal)

DefaultSearchPaths

A list of directories to look for pc(5) files in. (mandatory; fragment list)

SystemIncludePaths

A list of directories that are included by default in the search path for include files. (mandatory; fragment list)

SystemLibraryPaths

A list of directories that are included by default in the search path for libraries. (mandatory; fragment list)

WantDefaultPure

If true, pkgconf will default to preferring a pure dependency graph. (optional; boolean; default is false)

WantDefaultStatic

If true, pkgconf will default to operating in static linking mode. (optional; boolean; default is false)