Build orchestration

Dear Autoconfers Following the subject " Multiple subdirectories with non-similar configure needs" a few weeks ago, I'm thinking of the orchestration of the build of many components. This subject is above Autoconf, but, as autoconf and autotools implements build processes based on linux platfo

Why $abs_buildir or $buildir is empty

Dear autoconfers.. I try to do the following in my configure.ac : AC_SUBST([test_xidml_url_file_1],$abs_builddir/test/run-time/xx.xidml) I get only /test/run-time/xx.xidml in my var after substitution.. I've put some debug echo in my configure : echo abs_builddir=$abs_builddir I get ab

TR: Re: Why $abs_buildir or $buildir is empty

Dear autoconfers Sorry for over posting, but, even after RTFM, I don't understand something about variable... First : I don't understand why $abs_builddir is empty when I use it in my configure.ac (see below) Second : supposing prefix=/toto/ I don't understand why ${includedir} is expanded in

Automake options and Libtool

Dear all I am trying to pass -Wall option to AM_AUTOMAKE : AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall foreign]) The configure.ac also have LT_INIT Unfortunately, after launching autoreconf -i, I don' t see my Wall option, neither in the generated Makefile, not configure script.. And, in the end, it's not visible