Adam Mercer <ramer...@gmail.com> - Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:33:35 -0500 >On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 00:25, Vincent Torri<vto...@univ-evry.fr> wrote: > >> Is it possible to add AM_SILENT_RULES only when automake version is >= 1.11, >> that is is there a good way to retrieve the version of automake in >> configure.ac ? Something like: >> >> AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.6 dist-bzip2) >> if test $AUTOMAKE_CURRENT_VERSION -ge 1.1 ; then >> AM_SILENT_RULES >> fi >> >> I think that i can get it by using sed on what is returned by 'automake >> -version', but i would prefer an "autotools" way > >The best way I've found, from Ralf's recommendations, to use an >autotools feature only if it is available is to use the m4_ifdef >macro, for example, adding the following to my projects configure.ac >uses the silent build rules, from automake-1.11, if appropriate: > >m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES],[AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])],) > >this is not in production yet, just in the development git repo, so >YMMV but I have used this technique for other autoconf and automake >macros without issue. >
And does this apply to libtool ? It would be very nice ;) Cheers, Michel _______________________________________________ http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libtool
