You configure.ac contains a lot of small errors. For example, you should not define CXXFLAGS in your configure script, the user should have a chance to define them before running ./configure AFAIK, you should only append to them. Next, having CXXFLAGS="-O3 -ffast-math" AS_IF([test "$debug" != "no"], [ CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -g" ]) is not smart, since you typically want -O0 when debugging. I suggest using AS_IF([test "$debug" != "no"], [CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -g -O0"], [CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -O3"]) And also having the closing '])' on the new line can cause troubles... There is an excellent tutorial here: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/agaal/gnu_coding_standards_applied_to_autotools I wish you good luck and patience :-), Matej On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 10:44 -0700, Evan Klinger wrote: > Hello, > I've been trying to get my configure.ac script working for several days and > I'm stuck. It actually compiles fine into the configure script but when I > run the configure script it errors out with a parse error: > > Found CImg.h in current directory. > ./configure: line 17860: syntax error near unexpected token `(' > ./configure: line 17860: ` $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6' > > I've attached my configure.ac. > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Evan > _______________________________________________ > Autoconf mailing list > Autoconf@xxxxxxx > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf