]> I will not try to argue in favor of autoconf w.r.t to other methods but, as far as autoconf is concerned, I already wrote a configure.in for ocaml programs which sets the following variables (to be substituted in a Makefile or in any other file): # OCAMLC "ocamlc" if present in the path, or a failure # or "ocamlc.opt" if present with same version number as ocamlc # OCAMLOPT "ocamlopt" (or "ocamlopt.opt" if present), or "no" # OCAMLBEST either "byte" if no native compiler was found, # or "opt" otherwise # OCAMLDEP "ocamldep" # OCAMLLEX "ocamllex" (or "ocamllex.opt" if present) # OCAMLYACC "ocamlyac" # OCAMLLIB the path to the ocaml standard library # OCAMLVERSION the ocaml version number # OCAMLWEB "ocamlweb" (not mandatory) # OCAMLWIN32 "yes"/"no" depending on Sys.os_type = "Win32" # EXE ".exe" if OCAMLWIN32=yes, "" otherwise This configure.in can be fetched from http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/software.en.html As already mentioned in this thread, adding checks for (caml) libraries is not difficult. Hope this helps, -- Jean-Christophe Filliātre (http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr) ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners