Howdy all! I have the following in configure.ac, to kill the configure if the hdf5 header file isn't found. Problem is, I also have a --with-hdf5=<DIRECTORY> configure argument to allow the user to specify the location of the hdf5 library. # If the user wants netcdf-4, we need hdf5. if test "x$enable_netcdf_4" = xyes; then CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I${with_hdf5}/include" AC_CHECK_HEADERS([hdf5.h], [], [nc_hdf5_h_missing=yes]) if test "x$nc_hdf5_h_missing" = xyes; then AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find the hdf5 header and/or library. Specify the HDF5 prefix with the --with-hdf5 option to config\ ure.]) fi fi I have to append -I${with_hdf5}/include to the CPPFLAGS. Is this the usual way to do such a thing? Or is there a better way? THanks! Ed -- Ed Hartnett -- ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf