external library config macro for autoconf/automake

Question

hello

Is there a autoconf macro to configure generic library that can:

• generates --with configure option
• setup library and include path
• setup compiler/preprocessor and linker flags
• check existence of library and include files
• setup configuration macros

Right now I am doing everything using ARG_WITH, CHECK_LIB, etc. the steps are generic and end up being copy/paste with minor changes. My search the macro archive and did not find generic solution.

Thanks

Answer 1

It's not the complete solution, but you might find AX_PATH_GENERIC from the Autoconf Macro Archive useful: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=autoconf-archive.git;a=blob;f=m4/ax_path_generic.m4