I'm trying to set an --enable-gui switch for my program but it doesn't seem to work.
In configure.ac I have
AC_INIT([cwallet], [1.1], [[email protected]])
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([-Wall -Werror foreign])
AC_PROG_CC
AM_PROG_CC_C_O
AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
AC_ARG_ENABLE([gui],
[AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-gui],
[enable GUI (default is yes)])],
[enable_gui=$enableval],
[enable_gui=yes])
if test x$enable_gui != xno; then
PKG_CHECK_MODULES([GTK2],[gtk+-2.0])
fi
< ... some stuff ... >
AC_CONFIG_FILES([
Makefile
src/Makefile
])
AC_OUTPUT
AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_GUI],[test x$enable_gui == xyes])
In src/Makefile.am I have
if ENABLE_GUI
bin_PROGRAMS = cwallet cwallet-gui
cwallet_SOURCES = main.c cwallet.c
cwallet_gui_SOURCES = main-gui.c cwallet.c
cwallet_gui_LDADD = $(GTK2_LIBS)
cwallet_gui_CPPFLAGS = $(GTK2_CFLAGS)
else
bin_PROGRAMS = cwallet
cwallet_SOURCES = main.c cwallet.c
endif
But when I do ./autogen.sh && ./configure -with-gui=no && make, it says it can't find gtk.h, so I guess it is using ENABLE_GUI = true for the Makefile, when it shouldn't.
What's the proper way to do this?
1 Answer 1
OK I think I figured out the problem. The AM_CONDITIONAL statement should be further up in the configure.ac (right after if test x$enable_gui... block)
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--disable-gui(or--enable-gui=no) to configure, rather than-with-gui=no(with and enable settings are orthogonal and use different namespaces)