Bill Wendling writes: > I want to produce a help string like this: > --with-foo[=DIR] Use the foo package > (note the []s around the =DIR bit). When I use the option like this: > AC_ARG_WITH([foo], > [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-foo[=DIR]], > [Use the foo package])],,) > It produces: > --with-foo=DIR Use the foo package > Is there a way to make it produce the []s that I want?
Not with AC_HELP_STRING. It can't handle that case and there's no (obvious?, reasonable?) way to fix this. It has been mentioned before; search the archives if you're interested. -- Peter Eisentraut [EMAIL PROTECTED]
