[Box Backup-dev] [OT] Autoconf nesting

[Chris Wilson]

Hi all (especially Martin :-),

Does anyone have any experience of building an autoconfiscated project 
with another one inside it? Can you point me to relevant useful resources?

I'm having issues with Boxi, which includes Box Backup as a sub-project, 
now that BB is autoconfiscated. In particular, BB's config.h conflicts 
with my own (redefining PACKAGE_NAME, etc). and I'm not able to use all 
the libraries that BB detected for itself (which I need for linking).

I'm thinking it would be nice, if possible, to include most (but not all) 
of BB's configure.ac in Boxi's configure.in file, but I don't know how 
feasible that is, or whether it creates other subtle traps. I can't 
include the whole thing because Boxi and BB both call AC_INIT.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Cheers, Chris.
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