Re: Including sysconfdir in CPPFLAGS

[Peter Eisentraut]

Fredrik Tolf writes:

> How do I get the sysconfdir into a cpp macro if I use automake as
> well? Should I do it through a config header, or should I do it via
> some automake contraption? Should I just add it to CPPFLAGS? Please
> tell me.

The Autoconf manual tells the tale:

   A corollary is that you should not use these variables except in
Makefiles.  For instance, instead of trying to evaluate `datadir' in
`configure' and hardcoding it in Makefiles using e.g.
`AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(DATADIR, "$datadir")', you should add
`-DDATADIR="$(datadir)"' to your `CPPFLAGS'.