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Giuliano Bertoletti wrote:

> What I'm wondering is if there's some way to set an extern environment
> variabile and have the compiler read it and use when deciding which
> portion to compile.

That's precisely the reason why a bunch of people have developed tools to
set up automated build scripts. For example, the GNU build system is used
to generate a header file typically named config.h, which is used to set all
the relevant platform-specific info needed in the build process.


Rui Maciel

[1] http://www.gnu.org/savannah-
checkouts/gnu/autoconf/manual/autoconf-2.68/html_node/autoheader-
Invocation.html#autoheader-Invocation

Rui Maciel wrote:
> Giuliano Bertoletti wrote:
>
>> What I'm wondering is if there's some way to set an extern environment
>> variabile and have the compiler read it and use when deciding which
>> portion to compile.
>
> That's precisely the reason why a bunch of people have developed tools to
> set up automated build scripts. For example, the GNU build system is used
> to generate a header file typically named config.h, which is used to set all
> the relevant platform-specific info needed in the build process.

I was about to make the same suggestion.

Autotools also builds makefiles with with the appropriate include paths
and libraries.

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Ian Collins

On Wed, 2012-12-26, Ian Collins wrote:
> Rui Maciel wrote:
>> Giuliano Bertoletti wrote:
>>
>>> What I'm wondering is if there's some way to set an extern environment
>>> variabile and have the compiler read it and use when deciding which
>>> portion to compile.
>>
>> That's precisely the reason why a bunch of people have developed tools to
>> set up automated build scripts. For example, the GNU build system is used
>> to generate a header file typically named config.h, which is used to set all
>> the relevant platform-specific info needed in the build process.
>
> I was about to make the same suggestion.
>
> Autotools also builds makefiles with with the appropriate include paths
> and libraries.

The OP was on Windows though, and IIRC solved his problem using some
Visual Studio thing. I also got the feeling his problems originated in
oddities specific to that environment.

(Saying this partly because I'm no friend of Autotools. Undoubtedly
they are sometimes the right solution, but if you can avoid them IMO
you should. I have managed to do that so far.)

/Jorgen

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