Re: using conditionals in autoconf/automake
Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> I need help with stuff regarding a configure.in and a Makefile.am, I'm
> stucked trying to find a way to make the 'make install' command
> conditionally install some files.
>
> I want it to test if GNOME is available (it is being done in configure),
> if it is, make install will install aditional pics and applet configuration
> files... if not, it won't install, how do I do it?
Why don't you just build-depend on the GNOME stuff so that every
architecture will have a similar package?
That said, try AC_CHECK_PROG in configure.in to set a variable,
and then use that in the Makefile:
>From autoconf docs:
- Macro: AC_CHECK_PROG (VARIABLE, PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR, VALUE-IF-FOUND [,
VALUE-IF-NOT-FOUND [, PATH, [ REJECT ]]])
Check whether program PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR exists in `PATH'. If it
is found, set VARIABLE to VALUE-IF-FOUND, otherwise to
VALUE-IF-NOT-FOUND, if given. Always pass over REJECT (an
absolute file name) even if it is the first found in the search
path; in that case, set VARIABLE using the absolute file name of
the PROG-TO-CHECK-FOR found that is not REJECT. If VARIABLE was
already set, do nothing. Calls `AC_SUBST' for VARIABLE.
Peter
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