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diff --git a/doc/howtos.qdoc b/doc/howtos.qdoc index 268bee7c0..b3b385feb 100644 --- a/doc/howtos.qdoc +++ b/doc/howtos.qdoc @@ -467,15 +467,17 @@ \section1 How do I build against libraries that provide pkg-config files? - Just add a \l Depends item that matches the name of the pkg-config module, and \QBS - will automatically employ \l{https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config}{pkg-config} + Just add a \l Depends item that matches the name of the pkg-config module, + set the \l Product::qbsModuleProviders property to \c "qbspkgconfig", + and \QBS will employ + \l{https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/pkg-config}{pkg-config} to find the headers and libraries if no matching \QBS module can be found. For instance, to build against the OpenSSL library, you would write this: \code + qbsModuleProviders: "qbspkgconfig" Depends { name: "openssl" } \endcode - That's it. The pkg-config behavior can be fine-tuned via the \l pkgconfig module, - but normally you will not need to pull it in explicitly. + That's it. The pkg-config behavior can be fine-tuned via the \l qbspkgconfig provider. Internally, this functionality is implemented via \l {Module Providers} |