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Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial re
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Andrew Suffield |
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Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release) |
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Thu, 18 Sep 2003 17:04:05 +0100 |
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On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 01:37:20PM +0200, wave++ wrote:
> Autoconf scripts tends to autodetect things without keeping in mind
> particular situations. IT'S TRIVIAL to do autoconf tests that BREAKS
> "portability". It's also a pain to trick it, if you have particular
> requirements.
>
> Fixing bugs inside the build system is A PAIN. Plus, while a Makefile is
> easily adapted to user needs, an automake hierarchy is almost impossible
> to finetune without breaking the build system. Fixing library naming
> conventions requires hacking on automake itself, which is full of
> m4/sed/shell cruft. It's easier to build by hand.
This is user error. I have never found it difficult or time consuming
to accomplish these things with autoconf and automake, and it's been a
long time since I had to patch either of them.
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Jan-Benedict Glaw, 2003/09/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Samium Gromoff, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/09/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Samium Gromoff, 2003/09/17
- autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release), Sascha Silbe, 2003/09/18
- Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release), wave++, 2003/09/18
- Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release), MJ Ray, 2003/09/18
- Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release), wave++, 2003/09/18
- Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release), MJ Ray, 2003/09/18
- Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release), wave++, 2003/09/18
- Re: autoconf (was: Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release),
Andrew Suffield <=
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: autoconf, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/09/17
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Miles Bader, 2003/09/17
- [going OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Doran Moppert, 2003/09/18
- Re: [going OT] Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Miles Bader, 2003/09/18
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [going OT] Re: Re: [ANNOUNCE] tlator-0.1 initial release, Stig Brautaset, 2003/09/18
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [going OT] build tool design, was: tlator-0.1 initial release, MJ Ray, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [going OT] build tool design, was: tlator-0.1 initial release, Robin Farine, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [going OT] build tool design, was: tlator-0.1 initial release, MJ Ray, 2003/09/18
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Re: [going OT] build tool design, was: tlator-0.1 initial release, Samium Gromoff, 2003/09/18