Re: Newbie Question

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Fausto" == Fausto Sanchez <address@hidden> writes:

Fausto> Another questions, how do I propagate a variable from the top
Fausto> level onto all Makefiles.  In other words I want to be able to
Fausto> say propagate the -Werror flag down to all makefiles?

The simplest way to have a variable show up everywhere is to set it in
configure.in and use AC_SUBST on it.

For something like -Werror, you want AM_CFLAGS.

Fausto> Is there an FAQ for the autotools?

I don't think so.

Tom