Subject: Re: Autoconf-ing mklifboot
To: None <port-hp700@netbsd.org>
From: Nick Hudson <skrll@netbsd.org>
List: port-hp700
Date: 06/07/2004 16:25:30
On Monday 07 June 2004 16:13, Zach Lowry wrote:
> Next on my todo list is trying to make mklifboot/mkboot more portable.
> It seems that mklifboot references headers in sys/sys, when then in turn
> reference header files from machine/, such as machine/endian.h. This
> file is not located there on Linux, however. Is autoconf the best tool
> for determining the locations of these files, as suggested by Jochen?
> Or, should I put #ifdefs in the files in sys/sys? Or is there an even
> better solution?

I think you want to look at src/tools and how, for example, prep-mkbootimage 
gets built.

There is no need for autoconf, afaict.

Nick