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Re: AC_CONFIG_LINKS - without checking the existance of the source
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Ralf Wildenhues |
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Re: AC_CONFIG_LINKS - without checking the existance of the source |
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Wed, 7 Sep 2005 08:32:01 +0200 |
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Hi ness,
* ness wrote on Tue, Sep 06, 2005 at 10:08:55PM CEST:
> Is it possible to link a file using AC_CONFIG_LINKS (or similar) without
> checking the existance of the source file?
> The background is that the source will be created later in the build
> process.
I don't think AC_CONFIG_LINKS is appropriate then -- it is executed
at the end of configure. You should look into putting AC_PROG_LN_S
into configure.ac and using $(LN_S) in a custom make rule, as explained
in the Autoconf manual.
Cheers,
Ralf