The following macros may be used within the
configure.ac file. Of these, only the
STAR_DEFAULTS macro is required to be in the
file.
In the descriptions below, optional arguments are shown in
square brackets, along with their default value. If the
sole argument is optional (for example in the case of
STAR_DEFAULTS), you do not need to supply the
brackets.
The macros below ultimately do their work by expanding into
shell script, and these results are exposed in the
./configure file. Although it can occasionally
be useful to examine these implementation details, resist the
temptation to write your configure.ac scripts
based on what you find there. If macro behaviour is not
documented here, you should not rely on it. If you
need to rely on it, then consult with the starconf
maintainer to have the documentation changed, and the
behaviour thus fixed.