1PKGCONF-PERSONALITY(5)      BSD File Formats Manual     PKGCONF-PERSONALITY(5)
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NAME

4     file.personality — pkgconf cross-compile personality file format
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DESCRIPTION

7     pkgconf cross-compile personality files provide a useful mechanism for
8     storing various information about system toolchains.  Information stored
9     by .personality files include information about paths used by a cross-
10     compile toolchain, such as the sysroot directory and default include and
11     library paths.  pkgconf uses this information to determine what informa‐
12     tion is necessary to use libraries.
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14   FILE SYNTAX
15     The .personality file follows a format inspired by RFC822.  Comments are
16     prefixed by a pound sign, hash sign or octothorpe (#), and variable
17     assignment is similar to POSIX shell.  Properties are defined using
18     RFC822-style stanzas.
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20   PROPERTIES
21     Properties are set using RFC822-style stanzas which consist of a keyword,
22     followed by a colon (:) and then the value the property should be set to.
23     Variable substitution is always performed regardless of property type.
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25     There are two types of property:
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27     Literal
28             The property will be set to the text of the value.
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30     Fragment List
31             The property will be set to a list of fragments parsed from the
32             text.  The input text must be in a format that is suitable for
33             passing to a POSIX shell without any shell expansions after vari‐
34             able substitution has been done.  Elements are delimited with a
35             colon.
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37     Boolean
38             The property will be set to true if the value is one of: true,
39             yes or 1.  Otherwise it will be set to false.
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41   PROPERTY KEYWORDS
42     Triplet
43             The triplet used by the cross-compile toolchain.  (mandatory;
44             literal)
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46     SysrootDir
47             The directory used by the system root of the cross-compile
48             toolchain.  (mandatory; literal)
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50     DefaultSearchPaths
51             A list of directories to look for pc(5) files in.  (mandatory;
52             fragment list)
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54     SystemIncludePaths
55             A list of directories that are included by default in the search
56             path for include files.  (mandatory; fragment list)
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58     SystemLibraryPaths
59             A list of directories that are included by default in the search
60             path for libraries.  (mandatory; fragment list)
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62     WantDefaultStatic
63             If true, pkgconf will default to operating in static linking
64             mode.  (optional; boolean; default is false)
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EXAMPLES

67     An example .personality file:
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69     # This is a comment
70     Triplet: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
71     SysrootDir: /home/kaniini/sysroot/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
72     DefaultSearchPaths: /home/kaniini/sysroot/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib/pkgconfig:/home/kaniini/sysroot/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/share/pkgconfig
73     SystemIncludePaths: /home/kaniini/sysroot/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/include
74     SystemLibraryPaths: /home/kaniini/sysroot/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/lib
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SEE ALSO

77     pkgconf(1), pkg.m4(7), pc(5)
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