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Building full gcc-3.3 on Wheezy

In Wheezy there is a source package for gcc-3.3 which only builds libstdc++5. Close examination shows that building of debian/control (from control.m4) can be modified so that the full package is built, which is my goal (legacy project, needs to be…
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openwrt config, autotools and library

I am using for the first time autotools & Cie and I am lost. I generate about one hundred dynamic libraries in my openwrt environment in differents packages. Later in a binary, I use dlopen + dlsym to use my library. This allow me to use a kind of…
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autotools extending .PHONY

I'd like to add targets to the .PHONY targets list. However, when I redefine .PHONY in Makefile.am it overrides the previous one in the autogenerated Makefile. I just want to extend it. Is there an elegant way to do this?
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How to use AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS and separate build and source directories?

I am using autotools to build a large project. I can use AC_CONFIG_SUBDIRS and SUBDIRS to have a master project configure and build subprojects. I can also separate the object files from the source by building a subproject in a separate build…
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Autotools - passing optional profiling library to configure script

I have built and installed a shared library to do some profiling of my projects via code instrumentation, specifically with the -finstrument-functions switch of gcc. It is possible to turn the instrumentation on and off with the compiler switch, and…
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automake dependency tracking for nonstandard C++ suffix

how can i force automake to generate dependency tracking for nonstandard C++ suffix files? in particular I mean generating .deps directory file content. I am using libtool as well. Thanks
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Change settings of autotools C project in Eclipse

I would like to change something in code of an open source program. This is using autotools, so I opened it in eclipse as autotools project. I built project successful, but I don't know how to easy add some code, which using mysql.h and my_global.h.…
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Automake under linux, executable missing the .out extension.

I'm using autotools (autoconfig and automake) under Linux, but my executables are missing the .out extension. What am I forgetting to do?
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Makefile cannot link share library .la that wrote by C++

Makefile contains .la extension file that create libclamav. libclamav_la_LIBADD = @LIBLTDL@ $(IFACELIBADD) $(LLVMLIBADD) libclamav_internal_utils.la @LIBCLAMAV_LIBS@ @THREAD_LIBS@ @LIBM@ libclamav_la_DEPENDENCIES = @LTDLDEPS@ $(IFACEDEP)…
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Autoreconf better way to find Boost::Date-time

I am trying to compile some code using autotools and am getting stuck when trying to include boost::date-time and boost::regex. I was given an configure.in file that defines that looks for boost::date-time this…
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How to encapsulate the autotools' macro definitions?

In the autoconf manual, it is noted that AC_INIT (package, version, [bug-report], [tarname], [url]) defines multiple macro names such as AC_PACKAGE_NAME and PACKAGE_NAME. Running configure also generates a config file with definition like the…
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Autotools: create a 32-bit and 64-bit library with a single makefile?

I am trying to convert a project to autotools. My project consists of a program and a library. The library is not linked with the program. Instead, the library will be linked with other programs to communicate with my program. My program is 64-bit,…
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When ./configure is given conflicting options, which wins?

I'm building a cross-compiling gcc using buildroot, and can supply some additional configuration options to the ./configure step without patching the buildroot sources. However, I want to override an option that the buildroot sources have already…
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automake configure ignoring option --with-libxml2=yes

I am trying to compile, libgphoto2 with libxml2 support followint the guidelines here. Everything is ok until I try to run ./configure: ./configure --prefix=/tmp/gphoto2/local --with-libxml2=yes That appears to me as a correct syntax, however I…
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error when compiling -- using autogen generated makefile

I am trying to compile a libwebsocket package, procedure used is :-- ./autogen ./configure make I am getting libtool error at make time :--- make make all-recursive make[1]: Entering directory…
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