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[bug] prefix in pkg-config (.pc) file is emtpy when in editable mode

See original GitHub issue

I just updated conan to version 1.53.0 and am surprised that my .pc files generated with PkgConfigDeps into build/generators contain an empty prefix. This only when in editable mode. I use the layout() feature.

With conan 1.44

prefix=/home/dev/git/libname
libdir1=${prefix}/build/src
includedir1=${prefix}/include
includedir2=${prefix}/build/include
includedir3=${prefix}/build/include/libname

With conan 1.53

prefix=
libdir1=${prefix}/build/generators/build/src
includedir1=${prefix}/../../include
includedir2=${prefix}/../include
includedir3=${prefix}/../include/libname

Is this a bug or did I miss to migrate some variable in the layout() section. Thanks

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Created 10 months ago
Comments:6 (3 by maintainers)

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joastoecommented, Nov 9, 2022

Hi @franramirez688 No problem, I’m happy to help. Let me know if I can test anything related.

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franramirez688commented, Nov 17, 2022

Closed by https://github.com/conan-io/conan/pull/12529 This fix will be available in the next Conan 1.55 release.

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