Re: configuring sub directories optional

[Earnie Boyd]

Jeff Squyres wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Earnie Boyd wrote:
>
>
> > 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?
>
>
> No -- that's not the problem.
>
> The problem is that AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS (and therefore the top-level
> configure.ac) will immediately abort if any of the sub-configures return
> anything other than a status of 0.  So there's no possibility of the
> top-level configure.ac checking to see if the sub-configure succeeded or
> not -- if the sub-configure fails, everything aborts.

Ok, I'll shut-up now.  But, at least we have a full understanding of the 
problem.

Thanks,
Earnie.