Specifying path to headers and libraries with configure

Hi, I am a bit new to autoconf and am having trouble with a fairly simple concept. I'll tried to find the answer in the 'New Riders' book as well to no avail, so hope I can find some assistance here. I have an application which links against librrd and I'd like my configure script to find where

Preventing Overwriting Of Config Files

Hi, I have a small project which has a 'conf'' directory, containing this Makefile.am: EXTRA_DIST = eximstate.conf sysconf_DATA = eximstate.conf eximstated.conf (eximstated.conf is generated from eximstated.conf.in, hence is not in EXTRA_DIST) When 'make install' is run, eximstated.co

functions in different libraries on different OSes.

Hi, I am new to autoconf/automake so my questions may appear naive - apologies if that is the case. I have written some software which I have released, but it is not very portable (currently does not compile under Solaris). One of the reasons for this is that it uses the socket() function. Unde