On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 21:28 +0930, Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote: > Is there any way for the main configure, as generated by autoconf, to > automatically override defaults for options in the one invoked with > AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS()? Or can it only be done by the user manually > entering the option? I'd like the main configure run with no options > to override the default of a setting that only exists in the other > one, but I can't see how to do it. $ac_configure_args seems to be the best available solution, although it's an undocumented autoconf internal. Some previous mailing list messages on it (no, the hypothetical macro never materialised): http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2009-03/msg00062.html http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/autoconf/2010-09/msg00090.html Richard _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf