On Saturday 14 May 2005 4:10 pm, Alexandre Duret-Lutz wrote:
> >>> "Stepan" == Stepan Kasal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [...]
>
> Stepan> I suggest that Automake automatically sets these make variables:
>
> Stepan> abs_srcdir
> Stepan> abs_builddir
> Stepan> abs_top_srcdir
> Stepan> abs_top_builddir
>
> Why not AC_SUBST these variables in Autoconf ? Let's work on
> solution that don't require modifying Automake each time
> Autoconf introduce a new variable.
Doesn't autoconf already AC_SUBST these? Running autoconf 2.59 in directory
/home/keith/zz, with ...
<configure.ac>
AC_INIT
AC_CONFIG_FILES(Makefile)
AC_OUTPUT
</configure.ac>
<Makefile.in>
abs_srcdir = @abs_srcdir@
abs_top_srcdir = @abs_top_srcdir@
abs_builddir = @abs_builddir@
abs_top_builddir = @abs_top_builddir@
</Makefile.in>
after running ...
autoconf; ./configure
I see ...
<Makefile>
abs_srcdir = /home/keith/zz
abs_top_srcdir = /home/keith/zz
abs_builddir = /home/keith/zz
abs_top_builddir = /home/keith/zz
</Makefile>
so where's the problem? IIRC, these variables were not available prior to
autoconf 2.59, so maybe you just need to upgrade.
Regards,
Keith.
