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portlint: pkgconfig dependency path-style#409

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Add to port lint a warning if port:pkgconfig is used instead of path-style dependency

Add to port lint a warning if port:pkgconfig is used instead of dependency style
@trustbyte trustbyte changed the title portlint: pkgconfig dependency style portlint: pkgconfig dependency path-style Apr 22, 2026
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It's unusual to single out pkgconfig for this honor. There are over two hundred foo/foo-devel port pairs whose dependencies should also be written using path: style to allow either of them to be used.

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They bug me (and others) for this one.

The rest I did not see questioned, maybe I missed those but this pkgconfig is of abundance pointed out.

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