All, If I have a library (netcdf) which depends on another library (hdf5), which, in turn, may use another library (zlib), is there a good way to package things for the end user? At the moment, my end user must first install zlib. Then they must build HDF5 with a --with-zlib=/somewhere argument, and then install HDF5. Then they will build netCDF with a --with-hdf5=/somewhere argument. This is all working now, but it's a big burden for the user. Should I make a tarball which includes and installs all three in a single step? This is one thing I am considering. (Using the AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS macro). However, how to handle cases where one of these is already installed on the end-user system? Anyone autotool-using library builder out there who has tried this? Any comments on this sort of problem, and solutions for it, would be very helpful. Thanks! Ed -- Ed Hartnett -- ed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
