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Re: autoconf help?








>You mean having many makefiles in many subdirectories, called recursively
>(instead of having everything in one toplevel makefile)?
>Yes. LibGGI consists of tons of little sublibs, each in its own
>sub(sub-)directory.
>Managing all this via a single makefile would be a nightmare.

>Interesting indeed. But I wonder why this is the case - make itself doesn't
>do that much compared to the compiler...

http://www.pcug.org.au/~millerp/rmch/recu-make-cons-harm.html

"Recursive Make Considered Harmful"

I read it. It made sense.








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