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Re: How to install "config.h"


Hi,

On Fri, Oct 27, 2000 at 09:30:47PM +0200, Simon Richter wrote:
> 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.

Not if you give AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE the dummy third argument.

-Ossama
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