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+# - determine variables defined in pkg-config files
+#
+# Usage:
+# pkg_check_variable(<PKG_NAME> <VARIABLE_NAME>)
+#
+# Checks for a variable in the given package and translates to a call such as
+# `pkg-config --variable=<VARIABLE_NAME> <PKG_NAME>`. The output is a cached
+# variable named
+#
+# <PKG_NAME>_<VARIABLE_NAME>
+#
+# Note that both names are uppercased and any dashes replaced by underscores.
+#
+
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+
+function(pkg_check_variable _pkg _name)
+ string(TOUPPER ${_pkg} _pkg_upper)
+ string(TOUPPER ${_name} _name_upper)
+ string(REPLACE "-" "_" _pkg_upper ${_pkg_upper})
+ string(REPLACE "-" "_" _name_upper ${_name_upper})
+ set(_output_name "${_pkg_upper}_${_name_upper}")
+
+ execute_process(COMMAND ${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --variable=${_name} ${_pkg}
+ OUTPUT_VARIABLE _pkg_result
+ OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+ set("${_output_name}" "${_pkg_result}" CACHE STRING "pkg-config variable
+ ${_name} of ${_pkg}")
+endfunction()