On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Mon, 5 Apr 2004, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > > > values take. You can then unset the cache variable that autoconf uses > > > before trying again. Here is some example code taken from one of my > > > configure scripts: > > > > hmm - while I note that support for conventional Bourne shell was > > abandoned sometime last year, no one seemed to have pointed out that > > unset is one of those features that isn't as portable as one would like. > > Probably so. It hasn't bit me yet on any semi-modern system though. > I don't know if Autoconf offers any reasonable alternative. > > Maybe Autoconf 2.12 offers a better solution? of course not. My suggestion for setting a variable was based on experience in making it work however. Either way, OP'll have to read the shell script and do more than glue macros together. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
