Are you looking to use menuconfig to configure your packages? BusyBox does this [0] pretty well in my experience, you might take a look at how they've put that together.
0) https://busybox.net/FAQ.html#configure On Sat, Sep 30, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Ulf Samuelsson <yo...@emagii.com> wrote: > Have a need to convert a large number of libraries to use autotools. > > I came up with the following idea: > > I create an Kconfig based configuration system, where you define a number > of configuration items needed by configure.ac and Makefile.am > > You choose if you want to build an application, a shared library or a > static library. > > The build normally depends on other libraries, and you checkmarks > which library you are interested in from a (small) number of supported > libraries. > You can likewise select to support options like "--enable-openssl", > again from a (small) number of supported options. > > If you have stuff not supported, the autotooler will include Config.in > files allowing you to add your own items. > > Once the configuration is complete, you will compile an application > which will generate "configure.ac" from the configuration file. > > Again, if you have stuff not supported in the code, you can add it > in a user include file. > > The generator will read a user-headers.inc file and > generate an AC_CHECK_HEADERS entry. > > > The autotooler is available on > https://www.github.com/emagii/autotooler.git > > =================================================================== > Currently, it does not generate any Makefile.am files, but > the idea is to separate the source files into > * C source > * Public Headers > * Local Headers > > A tool would then scan the directories and classify them accordingly, > so Makefile.am files should be possible to generate fairly easy. > > =================================================================== > A final step would clone a empty git tree, and populate it > with all the files needed for a complete package. > =================================================================== > > Comments appreciated. > > Best Regards > Ulf Samuelsson > =================================================================== > Here is a typical "autoconh.h" generated by Kconfig. > > /* > * Automatically generated C config: don't edit > * Sat Sep 30 16:27:24 2017 > */ > #define CONFIG_SHARED_LIB 1 > #define CONFIG_PTHREAD 1 > #define CONFIG_LIBRARY 1 > #define CONFIG_PROJECT "myproject" > #define CONFIG_WORKDIR "${HOME}/projects/autotooler" > #define CONFIG_OPENSSL 1 > #define CONFIG_CURL 1 > #define CONFIG_COPYRIGHT_DATE "2017" > #define CONFIG_HOMEPAGE "http://www.emagii.com/"; > #define CONFIG_EXAMPLES 1 > #define CONFIG_DEBUG 1 > #define HAVE_DOT_CONFIG 1 > #define CONFIG_AC_PRERQ "2.59" > #define CONFIG_BOOST 1 > #define CONFIG_OS_LINUX 1 > #define CONFIG_LIBRARY_NAME "libyocto" > #define CONFIG_AUTHOR_EMAIL "u...@emagii.com" > #define CONFIG_LIBRARY_VERSION "1.0" > #define CONFIG_AC_CONFIG_HEADER "src/include/config.h" > #define CONFIG_OS "Linux" > #define CONFIG_EXAMPLES_VAR "examples" > #define CONFIG_AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR "m4" > #define CONFIG_DEBUG_VAR "debug" > #define CONFIG_PROJECT_TYPE "library" > #define CONFIG_SRCDIR "src" > #define CONFIG_SRC_URI_REPO "" > #define CONFIG_AUTHOR "Ulf Samuelsson" > #define CONFIG_SRC_URI_HOST "https://www.github.com/emagii"; > #define CONFIG_CURLPP 1 > #define CONFIG_AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE "1.10 -Wall no-define" > > The application will from this information generate: > > AC_INIT([libyocto], > [1.0], > [Ulf Samuelsson], > [libyocto-1.0], > [http://www.emagii.com/]) > > AC_PRERQ([2.59]) > > AC_CONFIG_HEADER([src/include/config.h]) > > AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([src]) > > AC_PROG_CPP > AC_PROG_CC > AC_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10 -Wall no-define]) > > AC_PROG_MAKE_SET > AM_MAINTAINER_MODE > AC_HEADER_STDC > AC_ENABLE_SHARED > AC_DISABLE_STATIC > AC_PROG_LIBTOOL > AC_HEADER_STDC > > AC_CHECK_HEADERS( \ > ctype.h \ > errno.h \ > fcntl.h \ > openssl/bio.h \ > openssl/err.h \ > openssl/opensslconf.h \ > openssl/rand.h \ > openssl/ssl.h \ > pthread.h \ > stdio.h \ > stdlib.h \ > stdarg.h \ > stdint.h \ > string.h \ > signal.h \ > sys/ioctl.h \ > sys/socket.h \ > sys/time.h \ > sys/types.h \ > time.h \ > unistd.h \ > \ > , > dnl to do if not found > [], > dnl to do if not found > [], > dnl default includes > [ > #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H > #include <sys/types.h> > #endif > #ifdef HAVE_SYS_TIME_H > #include <sys/time.h> > #endif > dnl We do this default-include simply to make sure that the > nameser_compat.h > dnl header *REALLY* can be include after the new nameser.h. It seems AIX > 5.1 > dnl (and others?) is not designed to allow this. > #ifdef HAVE_ARPA_NAMESER_H > #include <arpa/nameser.h> > #endif > > dnl *Sigh* these are needed in order for net/if.h to get properly detected. > #ifdef HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H > #include <sys/socket.h> > #endif > #ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H > #include <netinet/in.h> > #endif > ] > ) > > # ==== Boost Libraries > AC_ARG_WITH([boost-include-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-include-path],[location of the > Boost headers, defaults to /usr/include/boost])], > [CXXFLAGS_BOOST="-I$withval"], > [CXXFLAGS_BOOST="-I/usr/include/boost"]) > AC_SUBST([BOOST_CFLAGS]) > > AC_ARG_WITH([boost-lib-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-boost-lib-path],[location of the Boost > libraries, defaults to /usr/lib])], > [BOOST_LIBS="-L$withval" -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem > -lboost_program_options -lboost_thread -lpthread], > [BOOST_LIBS="-L/usr/lib -lboost_system -lboost_filesystem > -lboost_program_options -lboost_thread -lpthread"]) > AC_SUBST([BOOST_LIBS]) > > AC_ARG_ENABLE(boost, > [--enable-boost Include Boost Libraries], > [case "${enableval}" in > yes) use_boost=true ;; > no) use_boost=false ;; > *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-boost) > ;; > esac > ], > [use_boost=false]) > AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_BOOST, test x$boost = xtrue) > > # ==== cURL Libraries > AC_ARG_WITH([curl-include-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-curl-include-path],[location of the cURL > headers, defaults to /usr/include])], > [CXXFLAGS_CURL="-I$withval"], > [CXXFLAGS_CURL="-I/usr/include"]) > AC_SUBST([CURL_CFLAGS]) > > AC_ARG_WITH([curl-lib-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-curl-lib-path],[location of the cURL > libraries, defaults to /usr/lib])], > [CURL_LIBS="-L$withval" -lcurl], > [CURL_LIBS="-L/usr/lib -lcurl"]) > AC_SUBST([CURL_LIBS]) > > AC_ARG_ENABLE(curl, > [--enable-curl Include cURL], > [case "${enableval}" in > yes) use_curl=true ;; > no) use_curl=false ;; > *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-curl) > ;; > esac > ], > [use_curl=false]) > AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_CURL, test x$curl = xtrue) > > # ==== cURLPP Libraries > AC_ARG_WITH([curlpp-include-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-curlpp-include-path],[location of the > cURLPP headers, defaults to /usr/include])], > [CXXFLAGS_CURLPP="-I$withval"], > [CXXFLAGS_CURLPP="-I/usr/include"]) > AC_SUBST([CURLPP_CFLAGS]) > > AC_ARG_WITH([curlpp-lib-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-curlpp-lib-path],[location of the cURLPP > libraries, defaults to /usr/lib])], > [CURLPP_LIBS="-L$withval" -lcurlpp -lutilspp], > [CURLPP_LIBS="-L/usr/lib -lcurlpp -lutilspp"]) > AC_SUBST([CURLPP_LIBS]) > > AC_ARG_ENABLE(curlpp, > [--enable-curlpp Include cURLPP], > [case "${enableval}" in > yes) use_curlpp=true ;; > no) use_curlpp=false ;; > *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for > --enable-curlpp) ;; > esac > ], > [use_curlpp=false]) > AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_CURLPP, test x$curlpp = xtrue) > > # ==== OpenSSL Libraries > AC_ARG_WITH([openssl-include-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl-include-path],[location of the > OpenSSL headers, defaults to /usr/include])], > [CFLAGS_OPENSSL="-I$withval"], > [CFLAGS_OPENSSL="-I/usr/include"]) > AC_SUBST([OPENSSL_CFLAGS]) > > AC_ARG_WITH([openssl-lib-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-openssl-lib-path],[location of the > OpenSSL libraries, defaults to /usr/lib])], > [OPENSSL_LIBS="-L$withval" -lssl], > [OPENSSL_LIBS="-L/usr/lib -lssl"]) > AC_SUBST([OPENSSL_LIBS]) > > AC_ARG_ENABLE(openssl, > [--enable-openssl Include OpenSSL], > [case "${enableval}" in > yes) use_openssl=true ;; > no) use_openssl=false ;; > *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for > --enable-openssl) ;; > esac > ], > [use_openssl=false]) > AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_OPENSSL, test x$openssl = xtrue) > > # ==== Pthread Libraries > AC_ARG_WITH([pthread-include-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-pthread-include-path],[location of the > PThread headers, defaults to /usr/include])], > [CFLAGS_PTHREAD="-I$withval"], > [CFLAGS_PTHREAD="-I/usr/include"]) > AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_CFLAGS]) > > AC_ARG_WITH([pthread-lib-path], > [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-pthread-lib-path],[location of the > PThread libraries, defaults to /usr/include])], > [PTHREAD_LIBS="-L$withval" -lpthread], > [PTHREAD_LIBS="-L/usr/include -lpthread"]) > AC_SUBST([PTHREAD_LIBS]) > > AC_ARG_ENABLE(pthread, > [--enable-pthread Include PThreads], > [case "${enableval}" in > yes) use_pthread=true ;; > no) use_pthread=false ;; > *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for > --enable-pthread) ;; > esac > ], > [use_pthread=false]) > AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_PTHREAD, test x$pthread = xtrue) > > # ==== Debug > AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, > [--enable-debug Build with DEBUG enabled], > [case "${enableval}" in > yes) debug=true ;; > no) debug=false ;; > *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --enable-debug) > ;; > esac > ], > [debug=false]) > AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_DEBUG, test x$debug = xtrue) > > AC_ARG_ENABLE(examples, > [--enable-examples Build examples], > [case "${enableval}" in > yes) examples=true ;; > no) examples=false ;; > *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for > --enable-examples) ;; > esac > ], > [examples=false]) > AM_CONDITIONAL(CONFIG_EXAMPLES, test x$examples = xtrue) > > AC_SUBST([CFLAGS]) > AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile libyocto.pc]) > AC_OUTPUT > -- > _______________________________________________ > yocto mailing list > yocto@yoctoproject.org > https://lists.yoctoproject.org/listinfo/yocto > -- Aaron Schwartz Production Logic Supply Direct: +1 802 861 2300 Ext. 530 Main: +1 802 861 2300 www.logicsupply.com Google+ <https://plus.google.com/+Logicsupply/posts> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/logicsupply> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/logic-supply> | YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/user/logicsupply>
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