Re: configuring sub directories optional

[Earnie Boyd]

Jeff Squyres wrote:

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Earnie Boyd wrote:

I suppose checking for the existance of a created file in the
subdirectory from the top-level configure isn't a choice that one would
consider?

No -- that's not the problem.

The problem is that AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS (and therefore the top-level
configure.ac) will immediately abort if any of the sub-configures return
anything other than a status of 0.  So there's no possibility of the
top-level configure.ac checking to see if the sub-configure succeeded or
not -- if the sub-configure fails, everything aborts.

Ok, I'll shut-up now. But, at least we have a full understanding of the problem.

Thanks,
Earnie.