Re: Autoconf: AC_PREREQ macro query

Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would be wary with this. One of the nice properties of auto* is
being completely unportable - building will not work except if
explicit support for a particular platform has already been added

Hmmm. All I am trying to do is split the package bundles into separate
components. I am hoping to use autotools for the sole purpose of
generating a makefile to enable me to compile the component.

The original configure scripts and makefiles are designed for building
the component suite, and complain about missing files for components
that I am not trying to build.

I thought that using autotools would simply regenerate the configure
script and makefile for the separated component.

My architecture is not alien. I am using an IBM compatible computer
running Linux, and my processor is IA32 compatible, so the platform is
known to autotools. I am not concerned with building for multiple
architectures. I just want a makefile that will enable me to compile on
and for an i386 compatible machine.

I've got a whole load of bundled packages waiting to be split.

Mark.

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Mark Hobley
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