Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
The semantics are that OTHER-LIBRARIES are libraries needed by the library in SEARCH_LIBS.
Thanks for the clarification. I had thought that it were possible for users of AC_SEARCH_LIBS to expect FUNCTION to be linked to OTHER-LIBRARIES with no library. Well, let me give my example. The code I wrote: ------------------ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(openpty, util, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENPTY, 1, [Define if you have openpty]) LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS test "$ac_res" = "none required" || TERMIOSLIB="$ac_res"]) AC_SEARCH_LIBS(forkpty, util, [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FORKPTY, 1, [Define if you have forkpty]) LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS test "$ac_res" = "none required" || TERMIOSLIB="$ac_res"], , $TERMIOSLIB) AC_SUBST(TERMIOSLIB) ------------------ I have wanted to write code which is equivalent to following but smaller: ------------------ ac_termios_save_LIBS=$LIBS AC_CHECK_FUNC(openpty, , [AC_CHECK_LIB(util, openpty)]) if test "x$ac_cv_func_openpty" = xyes -o "x$ac_cv_lib_util_openpty" = xyes; then AC_DEFINE(HAVE_OPENPTY, 1, [Define if you have openpty]) fi AC_CHECK_FUNC(forkpty, , [AC_CHECK_LIB(util, forkpty)]) if test "x$ac_cv_func_forkpty" = xyes -o "x$ac_cv_lib_util_forkpty" = xyes; then AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FORKPTY, 1, [Define if you have forkpty]) fi if test "x$ac_cv_lib_util_openpty" = xyes -o "x$ac_cv_lib_util_forkpty" = xyes; then TERMIOSLIB="-lutil" fi LIBS=$ac_termios_save_LIBS AC_SUBST(TERMIOSLIB) ------------------ Thanks. --
