Hello, * Mike Frysinger wrote on Wed, Aug 04, 2010 at 09:19:30AM CEST: > On Wednesday, August 04, 2010 01:36:34 Tao Wang wrote: > > First, the generated content is: > > ========= > > #define PATH_PREFIX "/home/tao/unstable/stardict" > > #define PATH_DATADIR "${prefix}/share" > > ========= > > > > "${prefix}" is definitely not working as a C/C++ header. How can I replace > > the ${prefix} with the real value? > > this is why people put the define into CPPFLAGS and let the Makefile expand it Yes. See here for the FAQ entry: <http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/html_node/Defining-Directories.html>. Cheers, Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf