How do you define the options you see in ./configure --help?

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Published on 2010-04-16T18:05:20Z Indexed on 2010/04/16 23:53 UTC
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I'm currently trying to set up a package to be installed with autotools.

In most, if not all, major software packages, configure --help lists a large number of options like ./configure --ENABLE-FLOAT, etc. I was wondering where I can define these options.

Thanks,

Sam

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