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Re: Ignoring failures in AC_OUTPUT
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Kristis Makris |
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Re: Ignoring failures in AC_OUTPUT |
Date: |
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:55:32 -0700 |
> Well, in modern (Autoconf 2.50+) times,
> AC_OUTPUT([files ..])
>
> is just equivalent to
> AC_CONFIG_FILES([files ..])
> AC_OUTPUT
This helps a lot. Thank you!
> Well, yes, somewhere you do need to get the necessary differentiation.
> If you rather want to do it by a configure argument, like
> --enable-special-code
Ok, I can see this happening now.
> or a more appropriate naming, you can do that as well. The manual
> explains how to use AC_ARG_ENABLE; be sure to also read
> info Autoconf "Configuration Actions"
>
> on how to invoke AC_CONFIG_FILES in the presence of optional arguments.
> This may seem less dirty to you, and it will allow for optional output
> files at configure time.
I like this a lot better.
> Well, to me you did not specify enough details of your problem, so that
> was one guess.
You clarified a lot for me. Thank you.