Re: Using AC_PACKAGE_NAME in option names?

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On 04/13/2010 01:42 PM, Steffen Dettmer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> we have a generic .m4 file and it has package-specific options in such a way:
> 
>     AC_ARG_ENABLE(AC_PACKAGE_NAME[-logging],
>       [  --enable-]AC_PACKAGE_NAME[-logging[=ARG]     Enable logging
> for ]AC_PACKAGE_NAME[ [ARG=yes]],
> 
> is this the good / right / correct way to do that or are there pitfalls?

This should work, but you may want to also use AS_HELP_STRING for better
formatting of the --help text.  You may also want to use
m4_defn([AC_PACKAGE_NAME]) instead of AC_PACKAGE_NAME, in case the
package name resembles an existing macro name.

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Eric Blake   eblake@xxxxxxxxxx    +1-801-349-2682
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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