Re: configuring sub directories optional

[Earnie Boyd]

Jeff Squyres wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Stefan Seefeld wrote:
>
>
> > I'd like to use AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS to configure a set of sub-packages,
> > but I'm missing some functionality:
> >
> > I'd like to control what to do if configuration fails. Some sub-packages
> > are mandatory, so if AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS fails, the parent configure
> > should report an error and bail out. Some, however, are optional, so I'd
> > just like to skip them, i.e. not creating the build tree for these
> > sub-packages at all.
>
>
> I'd like to second this request -- I recently had to write a huge
> workaround for AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS because it wouldn't let my [optional]
> subdirectory configure's fail gracefully.  It would be highly preferable
> if there was some kind of way of knowing whether the sub-configure failed,
> and then allowing the top-level configure.ac to decide whether to continue
> or not.

And I would like it to butter my toast on both sides then top it with 
jelly on one side and peanut butter on the other.  I just love sticky 
messes! ;)

I suppose checking for the existance of a created file in the 
subdirectory from the top-level configure isn't a choice that one would 
consider?

Earnie.