Re: How to install "config.h"

[Simon Richter]

On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

> If we should not be installing config.h files, then it would be
> beneficial for Automake (or Autoconf) to support an automated way to
> provide the benefits of config.h, but in a better form.

How about the bin/<package>-config approach: configure creates a script
that outputs gcc options necessary for compiling (-L, -R and -l). GTK uses
this, and I've found it useful (along with providing an aclocal file).

   Simon

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