Mel writes:
> This is for anyone that uses autoconf.
>> When I want to check if a library is available, I put
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(lib, func)
>> into configure.in and this works for most libraries such as pthreads
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(pthreads, pthread_attr_init)
>> but it doesn't work for WINE. I tried
>> AC_CHECK_LIB(wine, MAIN_WinelibInit)
>> I know the function is there and I know the program would work if I didn't
> check fo rth library but configure always returns that it's not there. I
> checked with nm to be sure and got
[...]
> so it's defo there. How does AC_CHECK_LIB work and why might it be
> returning me garbage?
Check config.log to see what's happening. Maybe libwine.a needs some
more libraries for a successful link.
To see _everything_ that's going on, run configure with
sh -x ./configure <options> >my-log 2>&1
and examine my-log.
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