On Thu, 15 Apr 2010, Amit Kumar wrote:

First, we libcurl users/hackers tend to hang out on the curl-library list, so
we should take this and further libcurl related issue over to that list
instead...

Next, I would recommend you to use AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h]) or similar, to
generate a header file from the configure run. If you do this, you want to run
autoheader too (that creates a config.h.in template).

> Do I need to copy the libcurl.m4 file somewhere in my application directory?

Yes you do. aclocal + autoconf will make us of it then when you use the
LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG function.

> What am I missing? Please guide me.

You should note that LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG doesn't store the info about where
libcurl is found, so when you write your link option in Makefile.am you can't
use a path from the configure run.

It seems like a room for improvement of the libcurl.m4 function, in case
someone would feel bored enough some day! ;-)

I made a test app just now work fine with two created files like this:

---- configure.ac ----
AC_INIT(curl-app, 1.0, bugreport_at_example.com)

AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(curl-app, 1.0)

AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([curl-app.c])
AM_CONFIG_HEADER([config.h])

AC_PROG_CC
AC_PROG_CXX
AC_PROG_INSTALL

LIBCURL_CHECK_CONFIG

AC_OUTPUT( Makefile )
---- end of it ----

---- Makefile.am ----
bin_PROGRAMS = curl-app
curl_app_LDFLAGS=-lcurl
curl_app_SOURCES = curl-app.c
---- end of it ----

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