Thanks, this works.
But @SVN_CLIENT_DIFF@ is still mentioned in all the Makefile.in's;
it's not costing us anything, but it's kind of gratuitous. I wish
there were a way to make it stop.
(Don't you get the feeling that's even true decontextualized? In
general, "I wish there were a way to make it stop." :-) )
-K
Joe Orton <joe@light.plus.com> writes:
> 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