Why is this functionality not standard in Autoconf? Bob
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Guido Draheim wrote: > Bob Friesenhahn schrieb: > > > > The package I maintain has no need for these definitions, and in fact > > they cause problems for other Autoconf users since my package is a > > library which includes its config.h as part of the installed header > > files, and these definitions conflict with similar definitions in the > > dependent application's config.h. > > > > That can happen with other config.h definitions as well, > and (rpm,deb,whatever) packages might disagree about > their findings of environment issues as it depends on > what had been installed during configure time on a > development system as opposed to those parts in the > target system. Use AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H for that, I've > developed it for the exact purpose to install config.h > safely as part of the library headers and many libary > makers have picked it up in the last years. > > http://ac-archive.sf.net/Miscellaneous/ax_prefix_config_h.html > > -- cheers, guido > ====================================== Bob Friesenhahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen
