Re: autoconf

[Ruben]

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:21:25 -0400, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:

> 
> You did not specify where the compiler should look for headers (and
> libraries).

Normally, how would I do that.  I ask because I'm finding conflicting
information on this on the net.

Here for example:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gtkmm-list/2004-November/msg00202.html

It seems to say I need something like this

PKG_CHECK_MODULES(GTKMM,gtkmm-2.4>=${gtkmm_min_version})
and I tried that with the following change in configure.ac


PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTKMM], [gtkmm-2.4 >= 2.4.0])

this didn't work

On the other hand I found this thread on the net

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=512765

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After searching high and low I found the answer.

In the src/makefile.am I needed these two lines.

LIBS = $(DEPS_LIBS)
INCLUDES = $(DEPS_CFLAGS)

In the configure.ac I needed this line.
PKG_CHECK_MODULES(DEPS, gtkmm-2.4 >= 1.0.0 )

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I haven't tried this and in the autoconf example file there is in LIBS and
INCLUDES statements and it is bothering me that as you pointed out he is
using DEPS_CFLAGS and not CXXFLAGS

Thoughts?

I can't seem to find any straight documentation on the macro itself which
whould shed a hole lotta light on this problem.



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