What I have done so far (and it seems to work), is to copy getopt.c and
getopt.h to getopt_long.c and getopt_long.h, and then to use the following
snippets:
configure.in:
AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(getopt_long)
Makefile.am:
useless_SOURCES=useless.c getopt_long.h tailor.h
dnl This condionally links getopt_long.o
useless_LDADD=@LIBOBJS@
useless.c:
#ifndef HAVE_GETOPT_LONG
# include "getopt_long.h"
#else
# include <getopt.h>
#endif
I have no idea what tailor.h does yet, but getopt.h #includes it. And I
didn't do anything with getopt1.c 'cause I didn't know what the hell it
was. I'll be looking at those two later.
I'm happy with this solution so far (I've only used it for 45 minutes!). I
was really just wondering why no one else seemed to do it. I'm still
paranoid that I'm missing something.
Thanks!
Matthew
On 2000.12.05 15:05:37 -0800 Paul Eggert wrote:
> > From: Matthew Whitworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 14:45:19 -0800 (PST)
>
> > I have examined several packages that use getopt_long(), including
> > several GNU packages, and none of them autoconfiscate this function
> > the same way. Actually, few of them even autoconfiscate it at all
> > -- most simply compile and link it unconditionally
>
> I suspect that's just tradition dating back to when getopt_long was
> invariably absent from the C library.
>
> > Does anyone have a tried-and-true autoconf/getopt_long() technique?
> I'm
> > currently playing around with AC_REPLACE_FUNCS(), but I don't seem to
> have
> > the source code just right yet.
>
> If you figure it out, please send it in so that the autoconf folks can
> use it. It'd be nice to have it done right.
>
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