Re: [rfc] Antimake

[Andrey Volkov]

Hello Marko and all,

Some time ago I start to write something alike, but for cmake and not for make.
I.e. my scripts bunch is dedicated for:
 - easer porting to cmake from exists autoconf based build system
 - easer write autoconf oriented software

Scripts itself is not a build system but a library in which I've been a tried 
one-to-one translation of main autoconf functions from m4 to cmake language.

FYI I've been uploaded them to gihub: https://github.com/avolkov1221/autocmake
And yes scripts IMHO in alpha stage (meanwhile some functions are implemented 
and working) yet so comments are welcomed.

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Regards
Andrey Volkov

10.03.2012 21:33, Marko Kreen wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 09:52:10AM +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> > Any sense on how it compares to quagmire?
>
>  From quick look:
>
> 1. Quagmire tries to replace autoconf and libtools too,
>     Antimake is strictly build tool.  It leaves system
>     detection to autoconf and shared libs to libtool.
>
> 2. Despite that, Quagmire seems to depend autoconf for
>     initial setup.  Antimake has defaults for anything
>     and can operate standalone.
>
>     This means that Antimake is also usable also for small
>     or even throwaway test projects, which Automake or
>     Quagmire isn't.
>
> 3. Antimake is single file, you can simply add it into your source
>     tree and never worry about incompatibility with newer versions.
>     As it does not contain any system-specific knowledge, the need
>     to upgrade should be small also, if the features used in project
>     are working well.