About dynamic configure options.

Hi, Is it possible at all to have a configure option whose help message can expand a variable, or can otherwise accept the output of a command at configure-time? For example, imagine this as part of the output of `./configure': --with-user=userWho to complain to (default X) Where X coul

Not using Makefile.am

Hi, I'm on a project where I'm trying to use autoconf/automake to exactly suit my needs. This includes aliasing some ac macros found in `/usr/share/autoconf/autoconf/general.m4' such that I can have custom `./configure --help' messages, etc. I guess the same would happen to anyone else using aut