On Monday 18 Mar 2013 00:39:34 Peter Johansson wrote: > Hi Jan, > > On 03/18/2013 07:35 AM, Jan van Dijk wrote: > > It will also make the scripts less > > > > robust. > > > > Am I overlooking something? Is there a technical reason why that > > information cannot be.communicated to the user? > > It is not known where the header file is. The configure script tests if > code which contains "#include <header.h>" compiles. If it compiles it > proves that 'header.h' exist but not *where*. > > > I have a similar situation in one my projects in which we use a header > file "bam.h" which is either installed in '<prefix>/include/', in > '<prefix>/include/bam/' or in '<prefix>/include/samtools'. We solve it > by having >
Dear Peter, Thank you for your comments and suggestions. The problem is that the header is included indirectly (by a third-party header) not by ourselves. So unfortunately, this patterns does not work (without changing that third-party code) With kind regards, Jan van Dijk _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
