Re: Site Macro Directory

[Mark D. Roth]

On Wed Jul 17 10:30 2002 +0200, Akim Demaille wrote:
> I don't understand well the point of the
> 
> args: --site-macro-subdir m4sugar
> 
> stuff.  Could you detail please?

Sure.  The configure script adds a single site macro directory, but
you had suggested that there be different directories for autoconf,
autotest, etc.  So the idea of --site-macro-subdir is that each tool
will use a seperate subdirectory of the site macro directory.

For example, the autoconf language definition in autom4te.cfg includes
"--site-macro-subdir autoconf".  So, if the site macro directory is:

  /usr/local/share/autoconf/site_macros

then autoconf will search:

  /usr/local/share/autoconf/site_macros/autoconf

Likewise, the autotest language definition in autom4te.cfg includes
"--site-macro-subdir autotest", so autotest will search:

  /usr/local/share/autoconf/site_macros/autotest

Just as with --include-envvar, the --site-macro-subdir option is not
intended to be used from the command line; it's only really useful in
autom4te.cfg.

Does this make sense?

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