Re: Missing test for optional libraries?

[Lars Clausen]

On Wed, 06 Mar 2002, Raja R. Harinath wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Dan Kegel <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>> Lars Clausen wrote:
>>> >> Earlier we used hand-built macros to check for Freetype, but since
>>> >> we have to check the version, we now use the AC_CHECK_FT2 macro.
>>> >
>>> > AC_CHECK_FT2 is not part of Autoconf, so possibly this is a problem
>>> > with your definition of this macro, not with Autoconf itself.
>>> 
>>> I know it isn't, the problem is when freetype isn't installed, I still
>>> need to be able to run the configure script.
>>
>> You should be able to run it just fine.  AC_CHECK_FT2 should
>> be expanded when you run 'autoconf'.  It's only at autoconf
>> time that AC_CHECK_FT2's definition needs to be around,
>> and your users should never need to run autoconf.
>>
>> Or so it seems to me.  I'm kind of new at this.
> 
> Yes.  However, it appears Lars may be building code out of CVS, and
> the 'configure' script may not have been checked in.  

Indeed, such is the case.

> In this case, he can't help it, he has to install at least that part of
> the freetype2 package that 'aclocal' would pick up,i.e. freetype2.m4.  I
> guess he can lobby the dia(?) package maintainer to add freetype2.m4 to a
> package local m4macros/ directory.

I am one of the dia developers, with cvs access.  I hadn't considered using
a local m4macros directory, that could solve my problem.  What would happen
if we have that and an installed freetype2.m4, and they are different?  Not
that I think it's likely to happen, though.

-Lars

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