Re: apt-get/yum like dependency installation in autotool

[Eric Blake]

On 10/23/2012 11:19 AM, Dan Kegel wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Rudra Banerjee <address@hidden> wrote:
>> I don't  know if this is asking too much from autotools, but is it anyway 
>> possible to install missing dependency files via autotools?
>> say, in my program, I use libsoup as
>> #include <libsoup/soup.h>
>>
>> is it possible for autotools to install libsoup if it is missing?
> 
> offhand, I'd say that's beyond the scope of autotools,

Agreed.  You're not the first person to ask, and this earlier thread
should give you more clues why autotools is not the place to do this:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-autoconf/2012-09/msg00049.html

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