> > The scripts generated by "autoconf" will make use of any existing LIBS > > environment variable in much the same way as CFLAGS and LDFLAGS are used. > > When doing tests for libraries, the lib being tested is prefixed to that > > variable and the test made. > > > > However, the value of the LIBS envionment variable is not saved in the > > "config.status" file to be used again when "./config.status --recheck" > > is run. Thus, it is possible to have it configure correctly the first > > time but not when it is re-checked. > > Is this also true if LIBS is specified on configure's command line > rather than as an environment variable? It seems to me that > config.status should save the entire configure command line. Yes. In fact, that was how I did it. In both cases the value is passed as an enviroment variable to the application. CFLAGS="..." LDFLAGS="..." LIBS="-lc" ./configure --host=m68k-elf Brian ( bcwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxx ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want and, if they can't find them, make them." -- G.B. Shaw