[Scons-users] Scons using config.h.in

[Mark A. Flacy]

Zachary Lund <admin at computerquip.com> wrote:


>On Sun, 2013-03-31 at 17:15 +0200, Marc Joliet wrote:

>> Am Sat, 30 Mar 2013 00:10:32 -0500

>> schrieb Zachary Lund <admin at computerquip.com>:

>> 

>> > 

>> > I cannot seem to be able to find a reasonable method of using an

>> > "outside" config. In autoconf, it's popular to have a "config.h.in"

>or

>> > similar to import static source. Autoconf automatically expects a

>.in

>> > file while scons doesn't seem to want to allow anything of the sort

>with

>> > ease. 

>> > 

>> > Any chance I'm missing something? If not, would such a feature be

>> > allowed in Scons?

>> 

>> Since nobody else replied yet:

>> 

>> I don't really know much of anything about autoconf, and hence what

>exactly

>> you're looking for, but maybe env.Substfile (see the scons man page)

>can do

>> what you want?

>> 

>> HTH

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>Herm... I suppose the autoconf macro 'AC_CONFIG_HEADERS' functionality

>is what I'm looking for. You specify a header and it automatically

>looks

>for a corresponding '<header>.in' to use as a template. 

>

>Scons cannot do anything in thie config header outside of macro

>definitions and even then its limited. Allowing the use of a template

>header by default would ease the pain of both moving from Autoconf to

>Scons and using scons in general. 

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Perhaps an example of what you really want to do that isn't supported easily by scons would help.  Namely, how does having a template file solve your problem?

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