Re: libposix build logs

[Ralf Wildenhues]

Hi Bruce,

* Bruce Korb wrote on Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 12:38:10AM CET:
> On my fully patched OpenSuSE 11.3 system, libposix now installs
> the files listed below.  What is still needed is an autoconf
> macro used to detect libposix at some minimum version number.
> Currently, the only annotated tag that starts with "v[0-9]" is
> "v0.0", though I have added "v0.1-libposix" for the purposes
> of experimentation.  I've also incorporated changes to "master"
> through yesterday (Dec. 29).
> 
> I think the main hangout item is now just that autoconf macro.
> I would guess looking for version.h in /usr/local/include/libposix
> then /usr/include/libposix and provide a --with-libposix=/path.

Well, the autoconfy way would be to not look for a version number, but
for a feature (API function or so) that you need.

Or you could use pkg-config.

Me ducks and runs, after wishing a happy gnu year ...
Ralf (haven't dug through the program_error_name stuff yet)