Re: [wxCode-users] Bakefile libs in configure was Re: does wxstedit compile with 2.6.3

[John L. <jla...@gm...>]

On 10/23/06, Francesco Montorsi <f18...@ya...> wrote:
> > There's something at the end of build/configure.ac, but I don't
> > understand it at all.
> >
> > # argument 1: here put the minimum required version of wx
> > # argument 2: here you must put a comma-separed list of all wx
> > required libraries
> > #             except for base,core (e.g. "xml,net,adv"); leave empty
> > if you use only core & base
> > AM_WXCODE_CHECKS([2.4.0], [])
> yes exactly!!
> this is where you should add the list of wx libs you need for autoconf
> format; e.g.:
>
>     AM_WXCODE_CHECKS([2.4.0], [stc,html,adv])
>
> The comments look clear to me since I wrote them :D
> What exactly is unclear in it? Maybe that same (e.g. "xml,net,adv") is a
> little misleading?

Probably nothing is unclear, I just assumed that everything was done
though the bakefile and I didn't even think to edit anything else.

> >but it looks like it just checks for stuff and doesn't
> > actually set any libs.
> it does a lot of stuff actually - it detects the installed wx builds on
> the user's system, looks at the configure options given by the user and
> then tries to find a good matching eventually giving out a nice error
> message.
>
> The libraries which it substitutes to WX_LIBS are those passed to
> AM_WXCODE_CHECKS + base,core   as documented.

Ok, all done it compiles just fine in linux now.

Thanks!
     John Labenski