I am trying to migrate my application from manual build to autoconf, which is working very nicely so far. But I have one static library that I can't figure out how to integrate. That library will N...

How to tell to a 'configure' file to compile with a specified version of g++ ? Thanks.

I am using autoconf to detect boost libraries, with the support of the autoconf-archive macros and they work fine with system-wide boost libraries, but fail if I manually compile boost in my home d...

I'm new to autom4te, and I'm trying to use autoconf/automake to build and link a C++ program on multiple architectures. Complicating the linking is the fact that the project requires boost (filesys...

I searched for the answer to this question but couldn't find any good. Maybe they're old and something has changed, so I ask again. I have a directory structure as: my_project src bin I want ...

I'm trying to edit a configure script that will execute this piece of code if it is above Automake version x.xx, and if it isn't, it executes a different piece of code. So, I need the version to b...

Greetings. I am trying to create an autoconf configure script that automatically checks for which pthread option to use and, ideally, specifies -pthread when compiling with gcc. It was my hope tha...

So after I ran libtool and got out a libfoo.lo and foo.o file from my library source, how do I convert the libfoo.lo file into a normal Linux shared library, like libfoo.so.1.0.0 so I can install a...

I'm writing my own unit testing library (using autoconf, automake, and libtool) to better fit my needs (I don't need a super large amount of features, just a test runner and assertions). I have got...

How do you set the order of libraries in automake? In my am file I have something like: myprog_DEPENDENCIES = adhoc-target myprog_SOURCES = myprog.c myprog_LDADD = libmine.la myprog_LDFLAGS = -st...

I created a configure.ac file like this: AC_INIT() set the purpose of this is to print every available environment variable the configure script creates using set, so I do this: user@host:~$ au...

I've a C++ autoconf managed project that I'm adapting to compile on FreeBSD hosts. The original system was Linux so I made one AM_CONDITIONAL to distinguish the host I'm building and separate the ...

My goal is to have all object files built in a .objs directory instead of the root of the Makefile, and to have the binaries (and libraries) copied into the project's bin/ directory. But I have bee...

A workmate floated the idea of using rake as a build system for a non-ruby project. Is it possible to extend rake to compliment other languages where the autoconf toolset would usually be used?

I have a fairly large program written in C. It spans several files, and has a bit of retooling in order to attempt to compensate for platform issues. Specifically, I have header files for different...

I haven't seen any questions relating to GNU autoconf/automake builds, but I'm hoping at least some of you out there are familiar with it. Here goes: I have a project (I'll call it myproject) that...