Re: suggestions about AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR

[Lorenzo Bettini]

Braden McDaniel wrote:
> On 4/22/09 2:16 PM, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> > Braden McDaniel wrote:
> > > On 4/22/09 12:13 PM, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> > > > Braden McDaniel wrote:
> > > > > On 4/21/09 1:35 PM, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> > > > > > Hi
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I started adding some m4 macros to my program, that I put in the m4
> > > > > > directory in my sources, and that will be installed during the make
> > > > > > install.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I then added
> > > > > >
> > > > > > aclocaldir = $(datadir)/aclocal
> > > > > > aclocal_DATA = ax_boost_base.m4 ax_boost_regex.m4
> > > > >
> > > > > Unless you're Boost, you shouldn't be installing these.
> > > >
> > > > well, but my library needs boost regex library, so I was planning to
> > > > write an autoconf macro that not only searches for my library but also
> > > > for boost regex library...
> > >
> > > If you really want to do that, you need to change the names of the
> > > files, the macros themselves, and any public shell variables in the
> > > macros so that you do not conflict with versions of these macros
> > > someone else might install.
> >
> > but in that case, aclocal should get those versions instead of mine,
> > shouldn't it?
>
> aclocal will get the version that used in configure.ac (or used in a 
> macro that's used in configure.ac)... which should be your renamed variant.
>
> > > But you really should just use pkg-config instead.
> >
> > I actually use pkg-config for my library; but boost libraries don't come
> > with a pkg-config .pc file unfortunately :-(
> >
> > or did you mean something else?
>
> As long as Boost isn't providing pkg-config metadata, you can simply 
> refer directly to the Boost libraries you need in -l flags in your .pc 
> file's Libs (or Libs.private).

mhh... I don't think I got this point: though I can put the -l flags, 
still the boost library (and its headers) still need to be searched for, 
shouldn't they?

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