autoconf Questions

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I have one project that can generate two diferent applications based on one define. libfoo_la_CXXFLAGS = -DMYDEFINE I have to modify the Makefile.am to set this define, so it is not automatic. ...
Odrick asked 9/8, 2012 at 12:38

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In a Makefile with %.o: %.c @echo Compiling $< ... I'm getting the warning '%'-style pattern rules are a GNU make extension when I run autoreconf --install (of autoconf version 2.69). The w...
Zofiazoha asked 16/1, 2015 at 0:38

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I'm just getting started with autotools, and have followed A. Duret-Lutz's tutorial closely to get a working C hello world that uses GNU gettext. The AM_CFLAGS and AM_LDFLAGS are set appropriately...
Evade asked 13/6, 2017 at 2:17

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General question: If I use a cross compiler, how can I tell the value of the "--host" option I should give when I run configure? Specific: I'm using cross compiler for arm64 arch. What is the corr...
Trehalose asked 24/2, 2014 at 14:3

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I am distributing a tarball with installation scripts generated by autoconf version 2.69. Works fine on many different machines. Now a user, working on a fresh Arch Linux system, reports that confi...
Spence asked 12/9, 2013 at 16:36

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I'm trying to compile libbsd from source on Ubuntu 13.04. I'm using a toolchain to cross-compile, but automake is on the local machine. I have aclocal-1.13 in the PATH and everything, but I'm still...
Herat asked 10/3, 2014 at 5:48

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I am trying to build a library with a different build system, but files in the library require a config.h header file that is generated after running the configure scripts generated by autoconf. ...
Tyrocidine asked 31/12, 2016 at 14:3

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I'm creating a library libgdata that has some tests and non-installed programs. I am running into the problem that once I've installed the library once, the programs seem to be linking to the insta...
Lula asked 22/7, 2009 at 20:53

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We recently moved from subversion to git, and then to Github, for several open source projects. Github was nice in that it provided a lot of functionality. One of the things I particularly like is ...
Warlike asked 1/4, 2013 at 14:41

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When doing a a GNU-style " ./configure, make, and install " - with specific options, flags, etc... As you all know, sometimes this can be a black art.. and what works for one piece of software may ...
Unwelcome asked 11/5, 2011 at 4:19

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I'm trying to configure Postgres 9.5.4 for OpenSSL 1.1.0. Configure is dying because it can't find SSL_library_init in OpenSSL 1.1.0. OpenSSL 1.1.0 provides OPENSSL_init_ssl instead of SSL_library_...
Askja asked 2/9, 2016 at 6:34

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I am trying to setup my machine with pecl_http and memcache and in both cases, I get similar errors. This is on MAC OS X 10.7.3 (lion) and I also have XCODE installed on it. I also installed Zend S...
Kopple asked 17/2, 2012 at 4:6

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I am currently trying to create an installation package, using autoconf to generate the configure file. I have successfully managed to auto generate these, however, when I run ./configure, no makef...
Pomcroy asked 27/6, 2012 at 12:44

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I currently have a library written in C++, building with the GNU autotools, and I'd like to add a Python interface to it. Using SWIG I have developed the interface, but I'm having some trouble figu...
Ogham asked 20/2, 2011 at 11:5

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My program needs to load some files at run time, which will be installed into whatever folder is given to ./configure --datadir=/somewhere As my program needs to know where this folder is at run t...
Examen asked 3/5, 2011 at 8:47

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Various developers discourage the usage of the PKG_CHECK_MODULES (for example, in this answer) but there is no clear, comprehensive explanation of their reasons as far as I've looked for. So, I ask...
Possessive asked 19/4, 2012 at 2:41

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Does someone know of any uses of m4 besides autoconf (preferably in a c or c++ environment) that is more than just an academic excerise, because it helped solve a problem that would otherwise...
Carlie asked 18/2, 2011 at 12:53

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Autoconf scripts have trouble with a filename or pathname with spaces. For example, ./configure CPPFLAGS="-I\"/path with space\"" results in (config.log): configure:3012: gcc -I"/path with spac...
Shawn asked 12/11, 2009 at 17:40

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I have a project with several sources directories : src/A /B /C In each, the Makefile.am contains AM_CXXFLAGS = -fPIC -Wall -Wextra How can avoid repeating this in each source folder ? ...
Joby asked 27/11, 2008 at 13:36

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I am working though the Linux from scratch book when I encountered an error configuring Glibc (step 5.7): checking for sysdeps preconfigure fragments... aarch64 alpha arm configure: error: Old ABI...
Norton asked 1/11, 2014 at 7:53

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I'm sure this is a fairly simple problem. I have a very simple configure.ac file which I am using to just learn how autoconf & pkg-config work together. The confgure.ac file looks like: AC_PRE...
Maible asked 20/12, 2011 at 15:54

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I have an installed library we'll call it "custom_lib" which I am linking against. I want to check if that library was installed with a specific option. The options.h header file in that library ...
Street asked 22/9, 2015 at 23:6

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we're developing a software package that uses autotools (autoconf 2.69 and automake 1.13.3 to be precise). This package needs wxwidgets and this library provides its own m4 file to allow testing th...
Crochet asked 24/7, 2015 at 10:42

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I am maintaining an autoconf package and wanted to integrate automatic testing. I use the Boost Unit Test Framework for my unit tests and was able to sucessfully integrate it into the package. Tha...

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configure scripts always include something like the following in the help message: ... By default, `make install' will install all the files in `/usr/local/bin', `/usr/local/lib' etc. You can spe...
Vinita asked 21/8, 2010 at 19:57

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