[article] trimming down autoconf's configure scripts by using pkg-config

[Bill Crawford]

On Friday 24 March 2006 12:30, Rogelio Serrano wrote:

> Maybe we can just ship some data file that can be read by a utility?
>
> Something like:
>
> header unistd.h
> library libpth
> symbol whatever
> run yacc
> run install -D
> run install -d

 Again, this is basically what auto{conf,header,make} DO.

 Look in /usr/share/autoconf{,-$VERSION}/autoconf/*.m4 for examples.