Re: [LI] query

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Dec 02, 1999 at 09:45:54AM +0530, Prashant TR wrote:
> info automake
> info autoconf

While these are fine tools, I think they're way too complex for what they do.
They also make debugging very hard. If you run ./configure and something
goes wrong, tracking it down is a nightmare - because of the loads of crap
they introduce into makefiles.

In most cases, what people need is a bunch of makefile macros that can be
included in your makefile.

> AFAIK, there's nothing like makemkfs. But there exists one called
> mkfs, which is far from what you need.

I think he was talking about xmkmf and imake, which are the X project's
way of automating make files. AFAIK, they're not in use outside X
applications.

	-Arun
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