automake configure.h autoheader

[vasanth]

Ok i thought this topic would fit here.. if not please move it...



Well i am trying to use automake for my project... In my configure.in file I have a statement

AC_CHECK_LIB(stlport_gcc,main,,AC_MSG_ERROR(skinny requires library STLport to continue, Try again after installing the library))


which basically checks if the stlport library exists... But an error always occurs even though the library is present... I am able co compile programs using that library example g++ a.cpp -lstlport_gcc and it compiles fine... anyone have any idea what the problem might be...

I am unable to figure out what is happenng from the past 3 hours...

thanx in advance

[XSquared]

>AC_CHECK_LIB(stlport_gcc,main,...)
Just out of curiosity, what happens if you replace main with 'std::find'? (Including quotes)

[CornedBee]

Hmm... may I ask, why do you require STLPort?

[vasanth]

>AC_CHECK_LIB(stlport_gcc,main,...)
Just out of curiosity, what happens if you replace main with 'std::find'? (Including quotes)

I did try that but it still fails saying that it couldnt find std::find in -lstlport_gcc ... This is realy crazy.... The way I though this script would run is it would try to compile a simlple program with the gievn library and if it fails it concludes that it does not exist.. But i am able to compile programs with the library on my system... and if any help I am usign gentoo..

> Hmm... may I ask, why do you require STLPort?

well my project involves working with threads and the STL library thats normally used does not provied thread safetly in some situations... so i use STLport library which I feel performs better also provides some of the features I require...

[CornedBee]

emerging STLport right now...

Hmm... checking config.log, it seems that the main problem is that it is trying to compile a C file using gcc. That won't work. You need a macro that compiles a cpp file using g++. Perhaps you can copy AC_CHECK_LIB and modify it to produce AC_CHECK_CPP_LIB. Or there might already exist such a macro.

[vasanth]

emerging STLport right now...

Hmm... checking config.log, it seems that the main problem is that it is trying to compile a C file using gcc. That won't work. You need a macro that compiles a cpp file using g++. Perhaps you can copy AC_CHECK_LIB and modify it to produce AC_CHECK_CPP_LIB. Or there might already exist such a macro.

thanx.. I too seem to think so.. will try it out