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Re: RFE: Generating a stub Makefile
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Ralf Corsepius |
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Re: RFE: Generating a stub Makefile |
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Tue, 26 Jun 2007 09:26:45 +0200 |
On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 23:06 -0400, Mark Heily wrote:
> Currently, Autoconf does not generate a top-level Makefile when
> Here's a simple example of a stub Makefile:
> ---------------------------------------
> all:
> ./configure
> make
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> install:
> ./configure
> make install
> ---------------------------------------
>
> This idea could be extended to include other targets such as dist,
> clean, etc.
>
> My intention is to save typing for power users and make it easier for
> novice users to build programs from source.
Power users should know how to configure and install a package.
Power users also know that this kind of invocation to build and install
a package almost always is wrong.
> This effectively hides
> the Autoconf/Automake mechanism unless someone wants to pass specific
> options to the configure script.
>
> Any thoughts?
Not useful.
Ralf