From: "Albert L. Wagner" <alwagner@...>
Date: 2002-04-04T22:52:53+09:00
Subject: Re: mkmf.rb

Thank you, Nobu.

nobu.nokada@softhome.net wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> At Thu, 4 Apr 2002 10:51:45 +0900,
> Albert Wagner wrote:
> > > Followings are all of *_config options used in 1.7 standard
> > > extension libraries.  They should be documented somewhere.
> > >
> >
> > Just curious;  How is the typical newbie, which I suppose still includes me,
> > supposed to translate the following  *_config options  into the need for:
> >
> >  --with-tcl-include=/usr/include/tcl8.3 for configure.
> 
> `dir_config("foo")' provides `--with-foo-dir=DIR' option which
> is shorthand to `--with-foo-include=DIR/include' and
> `--with-foo-lib=DIR/lib' those specifies include and library
> pathes for `foo' respectively.
> 
> And `with_config("foo")' provides `--with-foo=SOMETHING'
> option, `enable_config("foo")' provides `--enalbe-foo' and
> `--disable-foo' options.
> 
> --
> Nobu Nakada

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