Convert pkg-config (.pc) file to relocatable CMake package

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Is there a way to convert a pkg-config .pc file into a relocatable CMake package file?

Sometimes we need to move a 3rd party library that has a .pc, which isn’t relocatable. We’d like a reliable way to convert these .pc into the relocatable CMake packages.

Is there a CMake function, method or pattern that I can use to do this.

I know I can do it by hand (and I have), I’m looking for an automated way to do this.

Thank you.

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In general, no. For basics, you can look at how FindPkgConfig.cmake does it in its source. Note that beyond “basics”, dependencies should become find_dependency() calls rather than baking in flag selections through any pkgconf combining.