Re: User defined variable to configure library headers location.

[Benoit SIGOURE]

On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:18 AM, Chetan Raj wrote:

> Hi All,

Hi,

> I am new to Automake tools. I am going to ask a very common use  
> scenario.
> Please point me to relevant articles if it is already discussed.
>
> Problem:
>
> I have a definition of a variable like this in the source  
> Makefile.am file:
>
> SD_BASE_DIR = $(srcdir)/../../../../..
>
> Obviously "SD_BASE_DIR" definition works only in my developing  
> environment
> setup.
>
> I want to override this variable at ./configure time. Example:
> ../configure SD_BASE_DIR ="/home/chetan/SD"
>
>
> When I provide my source to some other developer, he just has to re- 
> define
> SD_BASE_DIR variable to point to his source base directory  
> location. I am
> not finding out how to do it. It is a very common scenario, so I am  
> sure
> there must be a way out.. but it is not obvious to me.

Simply add:
AC_SUBST([SD_BASE_DIR])

To your configure.ac and use $(SD_BASE_DIR) in your Makefile.am's.

Cheers,

--
Benoit Sigoure aka Tsuna
EPITA Research and Development Laboratory

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