On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 5:01 PM, Timothy Madden <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello
>
> I see in the info pages that autoconf macros check for various programs and
> set a variable if found, but how do I get the behaviour I see in most
> configure programs to exit with an error if a program is not found ?
I usually use the following macro:
AC_DEFUN([AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL],
[AC_PATH_PROG([$1], [$2], [no])
if test x"${$1}" == x"no"
then
AC_MSG_ERROR([Unable to find $2, please install $2])
fi])
So on my configure.ac I make the following calls:
AX_PATH_PROG_OR_FAIL([PERL], [perl])
Where "PERL" is the name of the variable where to store the path, and
"perl" is the name of the program to search for.
Hope this helps, Roger.
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