* Roger Leigh <roger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [2003-12-30 17:04]:
> 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.
Thanks for your reply. I have already noticed that in configure the help
strings are output using:
cat <<\_ACEOF
Optional Features:
[...]
_ACEOF
The problem is the backslash before _ACEOF. This comes from the code in
general.m4, apparently. Is there any strong reason why the here-document
delimiter is backslashed?
--
Rafael
