I am confused about what belongs to autoconf and what belongs to automake. For the usually configure -> make -> make install, what belongs to autoconf what belongs to automake?
Thanks. On 3/30/21, Bob Friesenhahn <bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us> wrote: > On Mon, 29 Mar 2021, Peng Yu wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> crypt(3) does not need -lcrypt on macOS, but need -lcrypt on Linux. >> How does autotools determine what library is need to be linked based >> on the source code? Thanks. > > This is really an Autoconf (configure script) issue and not an > Automake issue. The common approach using Autoconf is to test various > known permutations (starting with nothing, and then adding crypt) > until linking succeeds. > > I expect that there is already a macro from the Autoconf macro archive > which handles this case. > > Bob > -- > Bob Friesenhahn > bfrie...@simple.dallas.tx.us, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/ > GraphicsMagick Maintainer, http://www.GraphicsMagick.org/ > Public Key, http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfriesen/public-key.txt > -- Regards, Peng
