Dr. Korb, On Fri, Nov 19, 2004 at 04:41:29PM -0800, Bruce Korb wrote: > > The "test" brackets in the "AC_CACHE_VAL" shell script test > disappear. The second clause is entirely quoted, so why do > they disappear? Macro expansion in the second argument to AC_CACHE_VAL is permitted, so you must double quote it to make it literal ([[ ... ]]). > ALSO: I'm sure there is a better way to do this. My desire > is to add either `-R/path/to/libs' or `-Wl,-R/path/to/libs' > to the output for $(library-config ldflags), but only if I > can figure out the right spelling. What is undesirable about the implementation you present? I suppose I would have used `for' in place of the `if' chain, AC_TRY_LINK and AC_CACHE_CHECK, but those are style-driven preferences. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf