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Re: How to install "config.h"
- To: Mark Galassi <rosalia at galassi dot org>
- Subject: Re: How to install "config.h"
- From: Simon Richter <Simon dot Richter at phobos dot fs dot tum dot de>
- Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 21:30:47 +0200 (CEST)
- cc: Ossama Othman <ossama at valinor dot ece dot uci dot edu>, automake at gnu dot org
- List-Id: Discussion list for automake <automake.gnu.org>
On 27 Oct 2000, Mark Galassi wrote:
[Installing config.h]
> But be careful: if any of the C code in the package itself includes
> <your-package-name/config.h> you might be in for a nasty surprise: if
> a version is already installed and a user is compiling a new version
> from source, that user will pick up the installed .h files which will
Even more evil: These files will contain definitions for PACKAGE and
VERSION.
Simon
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