[Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#717073: Bug#717073: The libpq-dev package misses some dependencies

[Peter Eisentraut]

On 7/16/13 10:15 AM, Evgeni Golov wrote:
> Nope, the real issue is that pg_config is not pkg-config :)
> 
> pg_config --help says
>   --libs                show LIBS value used when PostgreSQL was built
> 
> So it has nothing in common with pkg-config --libs pq (if that would 
> exist) which will tell you which libs are needed to link with libpq.

Yes, this is frequently misunderstood.  PostgreSQL 9.3 will provide
pkg-config support for libpq.