[PATCH libX11] Add AC_ARG_VAR for GROFF and PS2PDF

Yaakov (Cygwin/X) yselkowitz at users.sourceforge.net
Tue Oct 20 12:38:54 PDT 2009


On 20/10/2009 14:34, Dan Nicholson wrote:
> I'm pretty sure AC_PATH_PROG{,S} already check the environment
> variables. What AC_ARG_VAR does is put a blurb in the --help output
> and allow you to pass it on the command line. E.g., ./configure
> GROFF=/foo/groff. Is that what you want?

Yes.  The groff shipped in Mac OS < 10.6 is defective, so this is needed 
to tell configure to use a working groff (from Fink, MacPorts, or a 
self-compiled version).


Yaakov
Cygwin/X


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