Am Montag, den 04.06.2007, 22:15 +0100 schrieb Noah Slater: > > Sounds like my best solution would be to use the "sysconf_DATA" option. > > Any ideas how to take 'sysconfdir' and somehow import it into my program > > so it knows where the default configuration files are? > > Well, I use Python and I have a file called 'lib/foo/__init__.py.in' > that is has the following lines: [snip] > Now, when ./configure is run this file is generated and placed at > 'lib/foo/__init__.py' and hence is available to me a run-time with all > the user configured paths. > > If you are using C I believe the recommended way is to use a header > file with a bunch of defines that gets customised at ./configure time.
Well, that has some limitations. It's possible, that you need to evaluate a variable with eval more than just once (e.g. $datadir needs at least two eval calls). People often use a loop to do this. IMHO it's easier to use DEFS instead here: DEFS += -DSYSCONFDIR=\"$(sysconfdir)\" -DPKGDATADIR=\"$(pkgdatadir)\" and don't use config.h for this. Regards, Daniel
