On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Richard Ash <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 22:01 -0400, Paul Dugas wrote: >> I'm trying to use the pkg-config script provided by a sub-package to >> make appropriate additions to CFLAGS, LDFLAGS and LIBS for the parent >> package and have discovered the actual sub-package configuration is >> delayed until the AC_CONFIG_FILES call. I found a 2008 post where >> someone had run into the same issue but I didn't see a solution >> posted. I'm wondering if, in the intervening time, there's been any >> progress in providing a mechanism for a sub-package to be configured >> right away. > > I strongly suspect that was my post. > > All I can say is that my solution has been in the Audacity source > tarballs since then, and hasn't to my knowledge been giving anyone > grief. > http://code.google.com/p/audacity/source/browse/audacity-src/trunk/m4/ax_config_dir.m4 > > I would like a better fix though, not least one that allowed proper > control over what arguments were passed through to the subsidiary > configure scripts. Yeah, that was your thread. I'm a little surprised, as you were back then, that this isn't something more people want to do. I was trying to accomplish the exact approach you were suggesting; using the installed package if it's there then falling back to a sub-package if it's not. I'll take a look at your macro. Thanks much. P -- Paul Dugas • Dugas Enterprises, LLC • Computer Engineer Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx • +1.404.932.1355 • 522 Black Canyon Park, Canton GA 30114 USA _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
