On Tuesday 30 October 2007 15:13, Andrej Prsa wrote: > > Here is an example project that illustrates this. It requires a > > `mygen' program to build a source. If the program isn't available > > but the source is available, the build will succeed. Otherwise the > > user will get an error saying that a required program wasn't found. > > Would it be considered bad practice to test for the missing tools at > configure stage ... I've long since deleted it, but IIRC, that's exactly what the example was all about; it *didn't* wait for... > ... rather than the building stage ... ...and I don't believe it cared tuppence for... > *if* maintainer mode is enabled? Regards, Keith. _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf