On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 07:08:30AM -0500, Jeff Trawick wrote: > Sascha Schumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Greg Stein wrote: > > > > > I don't understand why an include doesn't go onto the INCLUDES variable. Why > > > the shift? > > > > I suppose that the include directive is immediately needed > > for an autoconf cpp check. Autoconf calls the preprocessor > > with CPPFLAGS, not INCLUDES, and thus it is correct to add > > the include directive to the former variable. > > on the nose! autodetection was failing... > > Greg? I guess it is preferable to keep it in CPPFLAGS only > temporarily (for the test) and put it in INCLUDES once we find that it > works?
Yes, unless it is required for later tests. Macros need to save and restore any global make variables to avoid polluting later tests. ....Roy
