Project idea: pkg-config support in compilers

I’ve got a lot of ideas in my head of things I’d like to see, but don’t have the time to see out myself. Perhaps this could be a series. However, unlike many “idea guys”, I’m aiming to explain how you could implement this. And please do – I’m sharing because I think it’d be beneficial, or at least interesting to think about.

Anyways, what I have wanted for a while is pkg-config support in compilers. Perhaps it could simplify smaller build systems for programs without needing to involve something like CMake. Or maybe it’s a bad idea, but we can at least learn along the way.

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