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Re: autoconf


From: Miles Bader
Subject: Re: autoconf
Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:25:54 +0900

"Alfred M. Szmidt" <ams@gnu.org> writes:
> As for autoconf being impossible, many thousands of projects use it,
> so it cannot be that hard (and it isn't).

I think autoconf's reputation is not entirely deserved; it's actually
pretty easy to use for simple everyday configuration, especially if you
know how to write a shell script (and automake is even easier -- a
Makefile.am file for a simple app is a thing of beauty).  It's when
things break, or when you need to do something exotic, that it can get
kinda painful...

-Miles

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