Use pkg-config instead of manual -lvlc #120
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pkg-config is usually more aware of how exactly something should be linked, which may vary for different systems/environments. To make the solution more universal using pkg-config instead of manual flag `-lvlc`. Here is an example of another project which already uses this approach: https://github.com/asticode/go-astiav More specifically, see: https://github.com/asticode/go-astiav/blob/cd2a16de95f911b69a9187708abe58d2c89b4390/astiav.go
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Summary
pkg-config is usually more aware of how exactly something should be linked, which may vary for different systems/environments.
To make the solution more universal using pkg-config instead of manual flag
-lvlc.Here is an example of another project which already uses this approach: https://github.com/asticode/go-astiav
More specifically, see: https://github.com/asticode/go-astiav/blob/cd2a16de95f911b69a9187708abe58d2c89b4390/astiav.go
Initial motivation
I needed this change because I'm trying to link all the dependencies in one of my projects statically. I was able to hack around this for the
go-astiavvia manipulatingpkg-config, but for this project I had to add this change.