Re: suggestions about AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR

[Christian Rössel]

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...

Hi Lorenzo,

there is already a test for boost regex in the autoconf macro archive:
ax_boost_regex

See http://autoconf-archive.cryp.to/ and
http://randspringer.de/boost/index.html

Cheers,
Christian