[ARROW-440] [C++] Support pkg-config

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.2.0
• Component/s: C++
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/16086
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Kouhei Sutou
• Created: 21/Dec/16 14:35
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:08
• Resolved: 21/Dec/16 15:51

Description

pkg-config is a tool to get build flags.

If Arrow supports pkg-config, users can set build flags easily.

For example, CMake supports pkg-config.

To support pkg-config, we just install .pc file that includes build flags information.