I hate config & make

[k kline]

The great majority of "make" files I have encountered
in 38 years of programming have not worked.
Now this woefull tradition is continuing in
"./configure"

on RedHat8.0 attempting to configure gd-2.0.8  
20Mar03 WWIII

"
checking dlfcn.h presence... yes
configure: WARNING: dlfcn.h: present but cannot be
compiled
configure: WARNING: dlfcn.h: check for missing
prerequisite headers?
configure: WARNING: dlfcn.h: proceeding with the
preprocessor's result
configure: WARNING:     ##
------------------------------------ ##
configure: WARNING:     ## Report this to
address@hidden ##
configure: WARNING:     ##
------------------------------------ ##
checking for dlfcn.h... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
"
well... gnu.org are you happpy?

I dont want to "make" or "configure"
I want to RUN software
Linux will NEVER fly until this is widely acepted

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