"Grosch, Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Where do I send questions about autoconf? Is there a mailing list or
> newsgroup somewhere?
This is the place.
> 1) How do I add -I, -L and -R flags to the compile and link lines
> when searching for libs? For example, I have AFS installed but
> those libraries are in /usr/afsws/lib....not a normal search path
Do you mean in your configure.in? Set LIBS. See also Preset Output Variables
in the autoconf manual.
> 2) How do I check for OS type? I want to say: If on solaris, add
> the following LIBS and CFLAGS
AC_CANONICAL_HOST
case "$host" in
*-*-solaris*)
blaha ;;
esac
should work.
But this is not the autoconf-way of doing things. The autoconf-way is
to check for characteristics rather than system types. So, you could
check for the particular function you need. Say, check if you have
`gethostbyname'. If you don't have it check if you have it in libnsl.
AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, , AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname)).
/assar
