ac_create_generic_config

Creates a generic PACKAGE-config file that has all the things that you want, hmm, well, atleast it has --cflags, --version, --libs. Ahhm, did you see ac_path_generic in the autoconf-archive? ;-)

this macros saves you all the typing for a pkg-config.in script, you don't even need to distribute one along. Place this macro in your configure.ac, et voila, you got one that you want to install.

oh, btw, if the first arg looks like "mylib -lwhat' then it will go to be added to the --libs, and mylib is extracted.

the defaults: $1 = $PACKAGE $LIBS $2 = $VERSION there is also an AC_SUBST(GENERIC_CONFIG) that will be set to the name of the file that we did output in this macro. Use as:

  install-exec-local:    install-generic-config

  install-generic-config:
     $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
     $(INSTALL_SCRIPT) @GENERIC_CONFIG@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)

AC_DEFUN([AC_CREATE_GENERIC_CONFIG],[# create a generic PACKAGE-config file
L=`echo ifelse($1, , $PACKAGE $LIBS, $1)`
P=`echo $L | sed -e 's/ -.*//'`
P=`echo $P`
V=`echo ifelse($2, , $VERSION, $2)`
F=`echo $P-config`
L=`echo -l$L | sed -e 's/^-llib/-l/'`
AC_MSG_RESULT(creating $F - generic $V for $L)
test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix="$ac_default_prefix"
test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix='${prefix}'
echo '#! /bin/sh' >$F
echo ' ' >>$F
echo 'package="'$P'"' >>$F
echo 'version="'$V'"' >>$F
echo 'libs="'$L'"' >>$F
echo ' ' >>$F
# in the order of occurence a standard automake Makefile
echo 'prefix="'$prefix'"' >>$F
echo 'exec_prefix="'$exec_prefix'"' >>$F
echo 'bindir="'$bindir'"' >>$F
echo 'sbindir="'$sbindir'"' >>$F
echo 'libexecdir="'$libexecdir'"' >>$F
echo 'datadir="'$datadir'"' >>$F
echo 'sysconfdir="'$sysconfdir'"' >>$F
echo 'sharedstatedir="'$sharedstatedir'"' >>$F
echo 'localstatedir="'$localstatedir'"' >>$F
echo 'libdir="'$libdir'"' >>$F
echo 'infodir="'$infodir'"' >>$F
echo 'mandir="'$mandir'"' >>$F
echo 'includedir="'$includedir'"' >>$F
echo 'target="'$target'"' >>$F
echo 'host="'$host'"' >>$F
echo 'build="'$build'"' >>$F
echo ' ' >>$F
echo 'if test "'"\$""#"'" -eq 0; then' >>$F
echo '   cat <<EOF' >>$F
echo 'Usage: $package-config [OPTIONS]' >>$F
echo 'Options:' >>$F
echo '  --prefix[=DIR]) : \$prefix' >>$F
echo '  --package) : \$package' >>$F
echo '  --version) : \$version' >>$F
echo '  --cflags) : -I\$includedir' >>$F
echo '  --libs) : -L\$libdir -l\$package' >>$F
echo '  --help) print all the options (not just these)' >>$F
echo 'EOF' >>$F
echo 'fi' >>$F
echo ' ' >>$F
echo 'o=""' >>$F
echo 'h=""' >>$F
echo 'for i in "[$]@"; do' >>$F
echo '  case $i in' >>$F
echo '  --prefix=*) prefix=`echo $i | sed -e "s/--prefix=//"` ;;' >>$F
echo '  --prefix)    o="$o $prefix" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --package)   o="$o $package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --version)   o="$o $version" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --cflags) if test "_$includedir" != "_/usr/include"' >>$F
echo '          then o="$o -I$includedir" ; fi' >>$F
echo '  ;;' >>$F
echo '  --libs)      o="$o -L$libdir $libs" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --exec_prefix|--eprefix) o="$o $exec_prefix" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --bindir)                o="$o $bindir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --sbindir)               o="$o $sbindir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --libexecdir)            o="$o $libexecdir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --datadir)               o="$o $datadir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --datainc)               o="$o -I$datadir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --datalib)               o="$o -L$datadir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --sysconfdir)            o="$o $sysconfdir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --sharedstatedir)        o="$o $sharedstatedir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --localstatedir)         o="$o $localstatedir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --libdir)                o="$o $libdir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --libadd)                o="$o -L$libdir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --infodir)               o="$o $infodir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --mandir)                o="$o $mandir" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --target)                o="$o $target" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --host)                  o="$o $host" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --build)                 o="$o $build" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --data)                  o="$o -I$datadir/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --pkgdatadir)            o="$o $datadir/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --pkgdatainc)            o="$o -I$datadir/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --pkgdatalib)            o="$o -L$datadir/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --pkglibdir)             o="$o $libdir/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --pkglibinc)             o="$o -I$libinc/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --pkglibadd)             o="$o -L$libadd/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --pkgincludedir)         o="$o $includedir/$package" ;;' >>$F
echo '  --help) h="1" ;;' >>$F
echo '  -?//*|-?/*//*|-?./*//*|//*|/*//*|./*//*) ' >>$F
echo '       v=`echo $i | sed -e s://:\$:g`' >>$F
echo '       v=`eval "echo $v"` ' >>$F
echo '       o="$o $v" ;; ' >>$F
echo '  esac' >>$F
echo 'done' >>$F
echo ' ' >>$F
echo 'o=`eval "echo $o"`' >>$F
echo 'o=`eval "echo $o"`' >>$F
echo 'eval "echo $o"' >>$F
echo ' ' >>$F
echo 'if test ! -z "$h" ; then ' >>$F
echo 'cat <<EOF' >>$F
echo '  --prefix=xxx)      (what is that for anyway?)' >>$F
echo '  --prefix)         \$prefix        $prefix' >>$F
echo '  --package)        \$package       $package' >>$F
echo '  --version)        \$version       $version' >>$F
echo '  --cflags)         -I\$includedir    unless it is /usr/include' >>$F
echo '  --libs)           -L\$libdir -l\$PACKAGE \$LIBS' >>$F
echo '  --exec_prefix) or... ' >>$F
echo '  --eprefix)        \$exec_prefix   $exec_prefix' >>$F
echo '  --bindir)         \$bindir        $bindir' >>$F
echo '  --sbindir)        \$sbindir       $sbindir' >>$F
echo '  --libexecdir)     \$libexecdir    $libexecdir' >>$F
echo '  --datadir)        \$datadir       $datadir' >>$F
echo '  --sysconfdir)     \$sysconfdir    $sysconfdir' >>$F
echo '  --sharedstatedir) \$sharedstatedir$sharedstatedir' >>$F
echo '  --localstatedir)  \$localstatedir $localstatedir' >>$F
echo '  --libdir)         \$libdir        $libdir' >>$F
echo '  --infodir)        \$infodir       $infodir' >>$F
echo '  --mandir)         \$mandir        $mandir' >>$F
echo '  --target)         \$target        $target' >>$F
echo '  --host)           \$host          $host' >>$F
echo '  --build)          \$build         $build' >>$F
echo '  --data)           -I\$datadir/\$package' >>$F
echo '  --pkgdatadir)     \$datadir/\$package' >>$F
echo '  --pkglibdir)      \$libdir/\$package' >>$F
echo '  --pkgincludedir)  \$includedir/\$package' >>$F
echo '  --help)           generated by ac_create_generic_config.m4' >>$F
echo '  -I//varname and other inc-targets like --pkgdatainc supported' >>$F
echo '  -L//varname and other lib-targets, e.g. --pkgdatalib or --libadd' >>$F
echo 'EOF' >>$F
echo 'fi' >>$F
GENERIC_CONFIG="$F"
AC_SUBST(GENERIC_CONFIG)
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