Hi Paul. I used the AX_BOOST macros some months ago. From memory, the package is composed of a number of macros of which AX_BOOST_BASE is the base macro. I was using the macros under Fedora Core 2 (FC2) with 2 different versions of Boost installed. One version was the standard version that comes with FC2 (1.30.x I think), the other was version 1.33.1 which I installed in my home directory. From memory, I was able to specify which installation of Boost I wanted the autotools to use and autoconf would find it and work out which version it it was. If you are like me, you may need to have a bit of a play with these macros first before you get the hang of how to use them. >From memory these macros are written and maintained by a guy named Thomas Porschberg (I hope I have spelt his name correctly). You should be able to find his e-mail address somewhere in the AX_BOOST package. I if recollect correctly, he also has a web-site which demonstrates how to use his macros, although I can't remember what the URL is for it. You may want to try e-mailing Thomas directly if you have any more queries about the macros and his package. Hope this helps. - Craig Sanders Paul Elliott <pelliott@xxxxxx> wrote:> > > I am using autoconf and automake and also the boost libraries. > > In the past I have had problems, because different distros > had different versions of boost, installed in different places, > sometimes with sightly different .so names. > > I have found on the web something called ax_boost_base.m4 > in the Autoconf Macro Archive. Is this in some sense part of > autoconf/automake or is it an unofficial addon? > > > Will it find out where the boost include/lib files are and > figure out the version for me? > > What is the best way to use boost with the auto* tools? > > Thank You. > > -- > Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 > pelliott@xxxxxx PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J > http://www.io.com/~pelliott/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 > > > > Attachment: unknown-1.2 > MIME Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 196 bytes > > > > _______________________________________________ > Autoconf mailing list > Autoconf@xxxxxxx > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
