Re: AS_HELP_STRING in an m4 macro: different decription wrt arguments

2010-01-25 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
* Peter Johansson wrote on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 06:38:44AM CET: > On 1/26/10 12:09 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: > >I assume you want $wanted_value to expand to either enabled or disabled? > >Well, that cannot work: in the generated configure script, the --help > >text comes before the code that actua

Re: AS_HELP_STRING in an m4 macro: different decription wrt arguments

2010-01-25 Thread Peter Johansson
Hello Ralf, Vincent, On 1/26/10 12:09 AM, Ralf Wildenhues wrote: I assume you want $wanted_value to expand to either enabled or disabled? Well, that cannot work: in the generated configure script, the --help text comes before the code that actually deals with the command line arguments. Also

Re: Add arbitrary text to configure --help

2010-01-25 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Jeff, * Daily, Jeff A wrote on Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 08:27:54PM CET: > I was curious whether there was a way to add some documentation to the > configure --help output. An extra paragraph perhaps, near the bottom. Yes there is, but not in a documented way (so it might break with a future Au

Re: AS_HELP_STRING in an m4 macro: different decription wrt arguments

2010-01-25 Thread Ralf Wildenhues
Hello Vincent, * Vincent Torri wrote on Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 01:00:22AM CET: > i would like to use AS_HELP_STRING in an m4 macro such that the > description of the help is different according to the value of one > parameter. The macro is the following: > > dnl use: ECORE_CHECK_MODULE(Foo, default

Add arbitrary text to configure --help

2010-01-25 Thread Daily, Jeff A
I was curious whether there was a way to add some documentation to the configure --help output. An extra paragraph perhaps, near the bottom. Yes, a README could do just as well, but I have my reasons. Thanks. __ Jeff Daily Scientist Pacific North

AS_HELP_STRING in an m4 macro: different decription wrt arguments

2010-01-25 Thread Vincent Torri
Hey, i would like to use AS_HELP_STRING in an m4 macro such that the description of the help is different according to the value of one parameter. The macro is the following: dnl use: ECORE_CHECK_MODULE(Foo, default-enabled[, dependancy[, ACTION-IF-FOUND[, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]]) AC_DEFUN([

checking command output

2010-01-25 Thread Adam Mercer
Hi I while ago I posted to the libtool list [1,2] regarding a problem I was having with a autotools based project and the condor workflow management system [3]. With the help of Ralf and the Condor developers a workaround, and more importantly a solution, was found. When compiling code for use wit