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Re: autoconf lossage

From: Joe Orton <joe_at_light.plus.com>
Date: 2000-11-12 20:42:14 CET

On Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 10:35:33AM -0600, Karl Fogel wrote:
> Or rather, programmer lossage currently preventing autoconf winnage:
>
> I'm trying to get a result like the following in config.h:
>
> /* Full path to local diff program. */
> #define SVN_CLIENT_DIFF "/usr/local/bin/diff"
>
> However, I haven't yet been successful. Someone who knows autoconf
> better than I (Bruce?), please take a look in configure.in (search for
> the string "kff todo") at my failed attempt, and tell me what I'm
> doing wrong. Right now, the result is that @SVN_CLIENT_DIFF@ is set
> in all the Makefile.in's, and `configure' substitutes it.

I've committed a working version using AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED: I think you
have to use this when you want variable expansion to be done on the
value you pass, otherwise the variable name itself comes out.

Any autoconf gurus feel free to correct that or the fix ;)

joe
Received on Sat Oct 21 14:36:14 2006

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