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ACR flag arguments
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Flag argument use in ACR are very simple. But also powerful :)
From the user view arguments are checked by the main argument parsing loop,
where the script checks for flags like '--prefix' '--host'. But the user
can add some new flags to allow some program specific options.
For example:
$ ./configure --report | grep FLAGS
FLAGS: --enable-debug
$ ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-debug
Types of arguments:
-------------------
There'r two type of argument flags in ACR. The boolean and the variable ones.
Boolean:
--------
Boolean flag arguments are just flags that allows a true or false values.
They are used to enable or disable some options of your program.
The '--with' and '--enable' ones have a default value of 0, giving a true
value to the variable when the user calls ./configure with this flag.
The '--without' and '--disable' are just the inverse of above.
Let's see an example of a boolean flag argument: Type this in your favorite
configure.acr file :)
----8<------------------------
ARG_ENABLE DEBUG debug compiles the program with debugging features. ;
--------->8-------------------
This will add a --enable-debug flag in your ./configure script that sets
DEBUG=0 at the beginning of the script. And sets DEBUG=1 when the user
uses the --enable-debug flag.
Variable:
---------
Variable flag arguments are used to specify paths, strings or something
variable for the user. Let's see an example of use:
---8<------------------------
ARG_WITH WWWUSER=www wwwuser sets the default user for http. ;
ARG_WITH WWWROOT=/home/www/ wwwroot sets the default root for http. ;
------->8--------------------
This will set WWWUSER to "www" allowing the user to change this value by
using the --with-wwwuser=VALUE. For example:
$ ./configure --with-wwwroot=/var/www --with-wwwuser=webmaster
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