Re: export variable CONFFLAGS

[Manolis Ragkousis]

Hello Rene

On 02/28/2017 07:45 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to export the variable 'CONFFLAGS' for 'apr' package on
> GNU/Hurd as follows:
> 
> (arguments
>      #:make-flags ("CONFFLAGS+=apr_cv_struct_ipmreq=no"
>                         (string-append "PREFIX=" %output))
> 
> 
> This way does not work!, the Debian project does it as follows:
> 
> ifeq (hurd,$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_OS))
>   CONFFLAGS += apr_cv_struct_ipmreq=no
> endif
> 
> This due to the Hurd does not support multicast yet.
> 
> Thanks

Is '(string-append "PREFIX=" %output)' really needed?

Also I think CONFFLAGS is the variable debian package recipes use to
save the configuration options for that package.

Could you use #:configure-flags '("apr_cv_struct_ipmreq=no") and try again?

Thank you
Manolis