Re: autoconf help?

[Lutz Sammer <johns98@gmx.net>]

Pierre Phaneuf wrote:
> 
> Keith Lucas wrote:
> 
> > > 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.
> 
> Yes. Just to make things clear, I like autoconf very much and heavily
> recommend its use. I would also recommend automake if it could generate
> different styles of Makefiles, but I do not, since it only does
> recursive Makefile (and very complex ones at that, they take a
> relatively long time to parse).

I can only recommend using autoconf, if you only plan to port to unix.
Much fun with autoconf, if you plan porting to mac or windows or want
to crosscompile.

Bye,
Johns

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