Of course I figured it out the minute after I sent the mail. AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED. I can't claim to understand exactly why, but it works. On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:22 AM, John Wohlbier <johnwohlbier@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Below is the macro that doesn't work. Probably something I don't understand > about m4, as usual. > --with-dbc works to give me -DDBC=7 > but other variations give me > -DDBC=\$withval > -DDBC=\$DBC > > Hints are appreciated. Thanks very much. > > jgw > > > > AC_DEFUN([CCS_WITH_DBC], [ > AC_ARG_VAR([DBC], [value of DBC]) > > AC_ARG_WITH([dbc], > [AC_HELP_STRING([--with-dbc], > [level of DBC, design by contract, valid values are 0-7])], > [ > if test -n "$DBC" ; then > AC_MSG_NOTICE([setting level of DBC to $DBC]) > AC_DEFINE(DBC, $DBC) > elif test "$withval" = "yes" ; then > AC_MSG_NOTICE([--with-dbc specified without a value, > setting it to 7]) > AC_DEFINE(DBC, [7]) > elif test "$withval" != "no" ; then > AC_MSG_NOTICE([setting level of DBC to $withval]) > AC_DEFINE(DBC, $withval) > fi > ], > [ > if test -n "$DBC" ; then > AC_MSG_NOTICE([setting level of DBC]) > AC_DEFINE(DBC, $DBC) > fi > ]) > ]) > > > -- > John G. Wohlbier > > > -- John G. Wohlbier _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
