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From: Denys Dmytriyenko <denys@ti.com>
To: "Nelson, Sam" <sam.nelson@ti.com>
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Subject: Re: help needed: Need pass variable to autotools .configure
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On Mon, Nov 04, 2013 at 03:06:28AM +0000, Nelson, Sam wrote:
> Currently , my recipe inherits autotools.

> I would like update recipe to pass an environment variable define like the 
> following when executing ./configure command.

> VAR_NAME=<dir_name>
> 
> Appreciate help on how this can be achieved in the recipe.

Sam,

To pass something to a ./configure script, you need EXTRA_OECONF:

EXTRA_OECONF += "VAR_NAME=<dir_name>"

Similarly, to pass something to a Makefile, you need EXTRA_OEMAKE:

EXTRA_OEMAKE += "VAR_NAME=<dir_name>"

-- 
Denys