Bug 12231

Summary:	/usr/bin/glib-config: obsolete command present in distribution (and returns wrong value)
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Douglas B. Moran <dmoran>
Component:	glib	Assignee:	Owen Taylor <otaylor>
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Version:	6.2	CC:	dmoran
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Description Douglas B. Moran 2000-06-14 00:08:49 UTC

The command /usr/bin/glib-config from GLIB 1.2 is still present on
Red Hat 6.1 and 6.2 systems (GLIB 2.x) systems.
	glib-config --version
returns 1.2.6 for GLIB - hence misleading.

Source for glib-config not found in GLIB 2.x source, but found in
source for GLIB 1.2.
Hence I am guessing that this command is a remnant of upgrading
previous versions (rather than creating distributions from a
new install).

Comment 1 Owen Taylor 2000-06-15 18:03:34 UTC

You are most likely confusing GLib and glibc. GLib is a library
of convenience routines used by GTK+, GNOME, and many other packages.

glibc is the GNU C library.

The current version of GLib is 1.2 and contains glib-config.