Supporting Optional Features and Packages
I've discussed the different ways to handle situations when a pthreads library exists and when it doesn't. But what if a user wants to build a single-threaded version of jupiter when the pthreads library is installed? We certainly don't want to add a note to Jupiter's README file telling the user to rename his pthreads libraries!
Autoconf provides two macros for working with optional features and external software packages: AC_ARG_ENABLE and AC_ARG_WITH. Their prototypes are as follows:
AC_ARG_WITH(package, help-string, [action-if-given], [action-if-not-given]) AC_ARG_ENABLE(feature, help-string, [action-if-given], [action-if-not-given])
As with many Autoconf macros, these two may be used simply to set some ...
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