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Re: configure options


From: Lars Hecking
Subject: Re: configure options
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 17:42:54 +0000
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> I'm working on a project with a pretty large (and increasing)
> number of configure parameters, so I look for ways to store sets
> of parameters externally, such that they be used much like config.cache,
> if desired. Since all possible arguments could be known from the macros
> used in configure.in, I'm wondering whether some simple tool like autoheader
> could not extract them (say, as a triple of {name, default, description})
> and store them in an external file which I could inspect and manipulate
> prior to invoking configure (for example gui based config tools).
> 
> Does anything like that exist or are there plans to add such functionality ?
> 
> Regards,      Stefan
> 
> PS: I admitt that this is non trivial, at least if it is to be done 
> 'correctly',
>     i.e. with all the relations (constraints) between parametes exposed...

 Have you looked up CONFIG_SITE in the autoconf manual?




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