[Python-Dev] autoheader warning for WITH_UNIVERSAL_NEWLINES (original) (raw)

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
16 Apr 2002 17:54:08 +0200

Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl> writes:

how do I find out about all this autoconf magic? I simply used the code for another configure option (WITHGC, I think) as a template and modified it for my needs. But I'm really groping in the dark with configure. I've have never heard of autoheader, for instance, and haven't a clue that I should have used it (if I should have, and for what:-)

Well, I recommend to read the documentation :-) You need an info viewer, (such as info(1), or Emacs), and there you navigate to autoconf. Most useful is (autoconf)Autoconf Macro Index, which lets you easily find the documentation of each macro. Make sure you read the documentation of each macro before typing it into configure.in.

To learn about autoheader, I recommend to read (autoconf)Introduction, in particular (autoconf)Making `configure' Scripts .

Regards, Martin