On Fri, 2016-06-10 at 15:37 -0400, Nick Bowler wrote: > It would be possible to make this work by writing sh code to expand > the variables, but it is not recommended. Users are supposed to be > able to set installation directory variables on the make command > line, e.g., > > make sysconfdir=/some/where > > and substituting expanded paths in AC_CONFIG_FILES will usually fail > in this situation. > > Instead, the straightforward approach is to generate the files with a > make rule, as suggested by Peter Johansson. Yeah, this is one of my big reservations in substituting the the expanded paths in AC_CONFIG_FILES because the user can override when they run make. *sigh* Maybe I will have to do it through Automake after all... -- Kip Warner -- Senior Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com
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