Peter Eisentraut writes: > 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'. Thank you. One more thing though: would you please tell where in the manual I can find that? I have been looking like crazy in it. Fredrik Tolf
