Howdy all!
I'm working on netcdf, a popular freeware software library for climate
scientists and meteorologists.
I have an option in my configure.ac which allows the user to build an
extra part of the package if they specify --enable-netcdf-4 during the
configure step. If they do specify it, I need an automake variable
(USE_NETCDF4) to be true, and I also need a macro (also USE_NETCDF4)
defined in config.h.
Here's how I do it, but I'm sure there must be a better way. In
particular, how do I set the macro USE_NETCDF4 to 1, when
AC_ARG_ENABLE sets ac_cv_use_netcdf4 to either "yes" or "no."
The way I do it is to introduce a new variable, ac_use_netcdf4_num,
which I set to 0 or 1. Is there a better way to do this?
# Does the user want to build netcdf-4?
AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether netCDF-4 is to be built])
AC_ARG_ENABLE([netcdf-4],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-netcdf-4],
[build with netcdf-4 (HDF5 is required)])],
[ac_cv_use_netcdf4=$enableval],
[ac_cv_use_netcdf4=no])
AC_MSG_RESULT($ac_cv_use_netcdf4)
AM_CONDITIONAL(USE_NETCDF4, [test x$ac_cv_use_netcdf4 != xno])
if test x$ac_cv_use_netcdf4 == xyes;
then ac_use_netcdf4_num=1
else ac_use_netcdf4_num=0
fi
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([USE_NETCDF4], [$ac_use_netcdf4_num],
[if true, build netCDF-4])
Thanks!
Ed
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