Re: Configuration management Debian-Automake-autoconf

[William Pursell]

Aslak Johannessen wrote:
> > I have recently been putting all of the relevant information in
> > configure.ac, and letting configure build the package files.
> > For example, debian/control.in will hold lines of the form:
> > Description: @PACKAGE_SUMMARY@
> > @PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_DEB@
>
> Hi thanks for the answer, this is in the direction of what i want! How 
> exactly do i define new @address@hidden

Here's a simplified version.  You need to format the
description, and quoting can be a pain.  I accomplish
most of that by setting PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_DEB to
a file name, filter the text into that file, and
then use AC_SUBST_FILE.

$ grep -A 1 MY_INIT configure.ac
MY_INIT( [short description],
        [long description])
$ cat m4/my_init.m4
AC_DEFUN([MY_INIT],
[
        PACKAGE_SUMMARY='$1'
        PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION='$2'

        AC_SUBST( PACKAGE_SUMMARY )
        AC_SUBST( PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION )
])
$ cat debian/control.in

Description: @PACKAGE_SUMMARY@
@PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION@