From: WHS <wouters@cistron.nl>
  To  : ggi-develop@eskimo.com
  Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1998 19:10:22 +0200

autoconf (Re: libggi dependencies)

MenTaLguY wrote:

> Ah; I found something relevent in the autoconf info documents:
> 
> ---snip---
> 
>    Autoconf-generated `configure' scripts allow your site to provide
> default values for some configuration values.  You do this by creating
> site- and system-wide initialization files.
> 
>    If the environment variable `CONFIG_SITE' is set, `configure' uses
> its value as the name of a shell script to read.  Otherwise, it reads
> the shell script `PREFIX/share/config.site' if it exists, then
> `PREFIX/etc/config.site' if it exists.  Thus, settings in
> machine-specific files override those in machine-independent ones in
> case of conflict.

Ok, but what about missing stuff on some OS'es? Some checks are made for
header files etc and I believe missing files are/can be replaced by
autoconf files (can't remember a specific example at the moment).
I would like those to be also fixed by the 'OS-patchkit'.

How are your experiments with the system-wide config file going?

Regards,


Wouter