Re: Checking for scripting languages.

[Tommy Nordgren]

On Apr 29, 2009, at 3:58 AM, William Pursell wrote:

> Tommy Nordgren wrote:
> > I  need to check for scripting languages (ruby, perl , python 2.x ,
> > python 3.0) and generating a script file
> > depending on what's available.
> > I do this in the following way
> > if ruby is available:
> > cp collect.rb collect && chmod +x collect
> > if perl is available:
> > cp collect.rb collect && chmod +x collect
>
> You probably want $srcdir/collect.rb.  (Sorry,
> that doesn't answer your question, but your
> current setup won't allow a VPATH build.)
>
> --  
> William Pursell

	That won't work anyway, because the open-source package I'm trying to  
extend
don't use generated makefiles at all, except small fragments generated  
by the collect script.
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