On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Jaldhar H. Vyas wrote: [C++ libraries and autoconf]
> I hope this helps anyone who has faced the problem themselves. I have a > question too, is there anyway to use the unmangled name? AFAIK, mangling > isn't portable and unportability kind of defeats the whole purpose of > using autoconf don't you think? I've been using the following code for libapt-pkg: AC_LANG_CPLUSPLUS AC_CHECK_HEADER(apt-pkg/init.h,, AC_MSG_ERROR([*** You need libapt-pkg])) AC_CACHE_CHECK([for libapt-pkg],ac_cv_have_libapt_pkg,[ ac_save_LIBS=$LIBS LIBS=-lapt-pkg AC_TRY_LINK( [#include <apt-pkg/init.h>], [(void)pkgInitialize(*new Configuration())], [ac_cv_have_libapt_pkg=yes], [ ac_cv_have_libapt_pkg=no AC_MSG_ERROR([*** You need libapt-pkg])]) LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"]) # since we weren't here if the test failed, we can assume HAVE_LIBAPT_PKG APTPKGLIBS="-lapt-pkg" AC_SUBST(APTPKGLIBS) Simon -- GPG public key available from http://phobos.fs.tum.de/pgp/Simon.Richter.asc Fingerprint: DC26 EB8D 1F35 4F44 2934 7583 DBB6 F98D 9198 3292 Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
