Rafael Laboissiere <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Is there a way to get shell variables substituted in help strings of
> AC_ARG_WITH?
No, because the help text is generated at autoconf-time (using m4
diversions). Check where your help text ends up in the generated
configure, and you'll see why.
Regards,
Roger
[I did do exactly what you want when I was using autoconf 2.13, by
(ab)using m4 diversions myself, but this relied on the internals of
autoconf, which was not maintainable, so I stopped doing it...]
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