Hello, On Sat, Jan 12, 2002 at 05:15:37PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:
> Having all those $*dir's done by automake and autoconf is all fine, but > how does the program know at runtime what the user entered as argument > to configure? Say, the program has some datafiles it needs in > $datadir/program, how does it know that the user typed ./configure > --datadir=/opt/you/would/not/guess ? This is something that is more apropos of the auto-* lists. And guess what: it's been asked there numerous times. Your solution is basically the best one that I've seen offered. I believe there are also some autoconf macros to help out. See the autoconf list archives, and http://ac-archive.sourceforge.net/ -Steve -- by Rocket to the Moon, by Airplane to the Rocket, by Taxi to the Airport, by Frontdoor to the Taxi, by throwing back the blanket and laying down the legs ... - They Might Be Giants
