On Tue, Sep 05, 2000 at 11:26:56AM +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Tromey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Tom> We should automate this process. I've wanted to for a long time.
> Tom> Does autoconf have the hooks we need?
>
> Yes it has:
>
> - Macro: AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(CMDS)
> Execute the CMDS right before creating `config.status'. A typical
> use is computing values derived from variables built during the
> execution of `configure':
>
> AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
> [LTLIBOBJS=`echo $LIBOBJS | sed 's/\.o/\.lo/g'`
> AC_SUBST(LTLIBOBJS)])
<pedant>
AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_PRE(
[LTLIBOBJS=`echo "X$LIBOBJS" | \
sed "s/^X//;s/\\.$ac_objext /.lo /g;s/\\.$ac_objext\$/.lo/"
AC_SUBST(LTLIBOBJS)])
</pedant>
> - Macro: AC_CONFIG_COMMANDS_POST(CMDS)
> Execute the CMDS right after creating `config.status'.
>
> But I don't know if this is the right way to do it, maybe it'd be
> cleaner to provide a hook on AC_LIBOBJ. The AC_..._PRE/POST method is
> more robust (it works if people don't use AC_LIBOBJ but change LIBOBJ
> by hand), but it is less clean.
PRE/POST looks good to me!
Cheers,
Gary.
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