Passing default configure parameters in subpackage

Hi!

I placed a copy of each autoconfiscated third-party
dependency of my
software as a subdirectory. I then followed the instructions
for
building subpackages in autotools (http://www.gnu.org/softw
are/
automake/manual/html_node/Subpackages.html#Subpackages).
However,
there is a subpackage that needs to have certain parameters
passed to
its configure script. The macro AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS passes the
command
line parameters to the configure script of each subpackage
but I do
not want the user to worry about the exact parameters to
pass to
configure.

My question now is how do I set the parameters to pass to
configure in
my subpackages?

Hello ianalis,

* ianalis wrote on Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 02:23:48PM CET:
> 
> I placed a copy of each autoconfiscated third-party
dependency of my
> software as a subdirectory. I then followed the
instructions for
> building subpackages in autotools (http://www.gnu.org/softw
are/
>
automake/manual/html_node/Subpackages.html#Subpackages).
However,
> there is a subpackage that needs to have certain
parameters passed to
> its configure script. The macro AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS
passes the command
> line parameters to the configure script of each
subpackage but I do
> not want the user to worry about the exact parameters
to pass to
> configure.
> 
> My question now is how do I set the parameters to pass
to configure in
> my subpackages?

It's not a documented Autoconf interface, but you can append
to
$ac_configure_args.  Note that with newer Autoconf, this
macro
will be eval-expanded and use re-quoting for allowing to
pass arbitrary
input.

This question would have been even better on the
autoconfgnu.org
mailing list.

Cheers,
Ralf

Hi!

Thank you for your response. I have also thought about that
but felt
it was a kludge. I have browsed the autoconfgnu.org
archives and
found several related topics. Some of the suggestions were
even made
by you.  I should
have checked it first before posting here. I'll
try doing some of the suggestions and get back to you if I
found
something that worked or found none that did.

Thanks.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Ralf Wildenhues
<Ralf.Wildenhuesgmx.de> wrote:
> Hello ianalis,
>
>  * ianalis wrote on Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 02:23:48PM
CET:
>
>
> >
>  > I placed a copy of each autoconfiscated
third-party dependency of my
>  > software as a subdirectory. I then followed the
instructions for
>  > building subpackages in autotools (http://www.gnu.org/softw
are/
>  >
automake/manual/html_node/Subpackages.html#Subpackages).
However,
>  > there is a subpackage that needs to have certain
parameters passed to
>  > its configure script. The macro AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS
passes the command
>  > line parameters to the configure script of each
subpackage but I do
>  > not want the user to worry about the exact
parameters to pass to
>  > configure.
>  >
>  > My question now is how do I set the parameters to
pass to configure in
>  > my subpackages?
>
>  It's not a documented Autoconf interface, but you can
append to
>  $ac_configure_args.  Note that with newer Autoconf,
this macro
>  will be eval-expanded and use re-quoting for allowing
to pass arbitrary
>  input.
>
>  This question would have been even better on the
autoconfgnu.org
>  mailing list.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Ralf
>

Hi!

Sorry for the delayed reply. I appended to
$ac_configure_args and it
now works. I did it by adding something like
ac_configure_args="$ac_configure_args
--with-your-options" somewhere
in configure.ac. For those who will be reading this post in
the
future, just google $ac_configure_args for more examples.

Thanks.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Christian Alis
<ianalisgmail.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
>  Thank you for your response. I have also thought about
that but felt
>  it was a kludge. I have browsed the autoconfgnu.org
archives and
>  found several related topics. Some of the suggestions
were even made
>  by you.  I should
have checked it first before posting here. I'll
>  try doing some of the suggestions and get back to you
if I found
>  something that worked or found none that did.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>
>
>  On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:04 AM, Ralf Wildenhues
<Ralf.Wildenhuesgmx.de> wrote:
>  > Hello ianalis,
>  >
>  >  * ianalis wrote on Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at
02:23:48PM CET:
>  >
>  >
>  > >
>  >  > I placed a copy of each autoconfiscated
third-party dependency of my
>  >  > software as a subdirectory. I then followed
the instructions for
>  >  > building subpackages in autotools (http://www.gnu.org/softw
are/
>  >  >
automake/manual/html_node/Subpackages.html#Subpackages).
However,
>  >  > there is a subpackage that needs to have
certain parameters passed to
>  >  > its configure script. The macro
AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS passes the command
>  >  > line parameters to the configure script of
each subpackage but I do
>  >  > not want the user to worry about the exact
parameters to pass to
>  >  > configure.
>  >  >
>  >  > My question now is how do I set the
parameters to pass to configure in
>  >  > my subpackages?
>  >
>  >  It's not a documented Autoconf interface, but
you can append to
>  >  $ac_configure_args.  Note that with newer
Autoconf, this macro
>  >  will be eval-expanded and use re-quoting for
allowing to pass arbitrary
>  >  input.
>  >
>  >  This question would have been even better on the
autoconfgnu.org
>  >  mailing list.
>  >
>  >  Cheers,
>  >  Ralf
>  >
>