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Re: how to override precious variables for subdirs
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Chris Frey |
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Re: how to override precious variables for subdirs |
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Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:28:51 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.4.2.2i |
On Sat, Apr 23, 2011 at 12:13:13PM +0200, Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> It is possible to amend or modify $ac_configure_args from within the
> toplevel configure (watch out with quoting, its contents are to be
> eval'ed later), but that might mean you'd have to turn off config.cache.
There is no API to do this, though, is there? As I understand it,
$ac_configure_args is just one long string containing the arguments.
I did try to hack the individual $ac_env_PKG_CONFIG_PATH_value and
$ac_cv_env_*_value variables, but the command line arguments for
subdir processing seem to be generated before any user code.
By the time my code runs, the arguments are set.
> Incidentally, a patch has been proposed quite recently to add extra
> arguments to (some) sub package configure invocations. It is still
> pending copyright assignment clearance before review, but definitely
> interesting. It might help you. However, given the preciousness it
> might also mean that an eventual config.cache file cannot be shared
> between the different configure scripts.
Where might I find this patch? Maybe I could give it a try.
Thanks,
- Chris