Re: Unneeded PACKAGE_TARNAME in config.h

[Bob Friesenhahn]

Why is this functionality not standard in Autoconf?

Bob

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Guido Draheim wrote:

> Bob Friesenhahn schrieb:
> >
> > The package I maintain has no need for these definitions, and in fact
> > they cause problems for other Autoconf users since my package is a
> > library which includes its config.h as part of the installed header
> > files, and these definitions conflict with similar definitions in the
> > dependent application's config.h.
> >
>
> That can happen with other config.h definitions as well,
> and (rpm,deb,whatever) packages might disagree about
> their findings of environment issues as it depends on
> what had been installed during configure time on a
> development system as opposed to those parts in the
> target system. Use AX_PREFIX_CONFIG_H for that, I've
> developed it for the exact purpose to install config.h
> safely as part of the library headers and many libary
> makers have picked it up in the last years.
>
> http://ac-archive.sf.net/Miscellaneous/ax_prefix_config_h.html
>
> -- cheers, guido
>

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