About dynamic configure options.

2012-12-10 Thread Eduardo Costa
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

Re: Configure options

2004-09-21 Thread Bob Friesenhahn
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Thomas Degris wrote: Hello, I guess this is not an automake question but I would like to know how I can disable static build by default (I mean activate the --disable-static by default) when running configure. Use AC_DISABLE_STATIC AC_ENABLE_SHARED in your configure.ac file.

Re: Configure options

2004-09-21 Thread Thomas Degris
Thank you very much, Thomas Gary V. Vaughan wrote: Thomas Degris wrote: I guess this is not an automake question but I would like to know how I can disable static build by default (I mean activate the --disable-static by default) when running configure. http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/m

Re: Configure options

2004-09-21 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
Thomas Degris wrote: > I guess this is not an automake question but I would like to know how I > can disable static build by default (I mean activate the > --disable-static by default) when running configure. http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/manual.html#IDX79 -- Gary V. Vaughan ())_. [E

Configure options

2004-09-21 Thread Thomas Degris
Hello, I guess this is not an automake question but I would like to know how I can disable static build by default (I mean activate the --disable-static by default) when running configure. Thanks, Thomas

Re: Passing configure options to make distcheck

2002-12-13 Thread Alexandre Duret-Lutz
>>> "John" == John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] John> make distcheck fails by default, but if I could pass in a configure John> option, it would work. Can I do this ? Starting with Automake 1.6 you can set DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS. [...] -- Alexandre Duret-Lutz

Passing configure options to make distcheck

2002-12-12 Thread John Levon
We have some code that is built by default, but cannot be successfully used with separate srcdir/objdir. However, a configure option can be used that doesn't need this code. make distcheck fails by default, but if I could pass in a configure option, it would work. Can I do this ? I'm using auto