Top "Autotools" questions

Autotools is a suite of programming tools (mainly autoconf, automake, and libtool) designed to assist in making source-code packages portable to many Unix-like systems.

How to check header files and library functions in CMake like it is done in Autotools?

I'm currently converting a small C project from autotools to CMake. In the old configure.in I checked every header …

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Autotools library and object file output control

My goal is to have all object files built in a .objs directory instead of the root of the Makefile, …

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How to cross-compile C++-library with dependencies?

I need to cross-compile some C/C++ library. The library depends on several C/C++ libraries. Some of those of …

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Conditional subdir-objects

I have option subdir-objects set in configure.ac: AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects]) Is there any possibility to conditionally disable it …

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Cross-compile Autotools-based Libraries for Official iPhone SDK

Background I am writing a program that targets several different phones, including the iPhone. The program depends on several thirdparty …

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Hello World Library using autotools

Creating bin program is really easy using autotools I need to just define two files. `Makefile.am' bin_PROGRAMS = hello …

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Creating debug build of autotools' build source

Given: source tar.gz AFAIK, configure does support debug build (configure --help doesn't show --enable-debug) Questions: Is it safe to …

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Which files generated by Autotools should I keep in version control repository?

I am new to autotools and I am working on a C project. I want to add my project to …

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