Ken Moffat wrote:

>  I agree that version-control packages are used for a lot more than
> programming, and that tcp wrappers can be in either place.  But for
> cmake, I have to mildly disagree (mildly, because I no-longer build
> it, and would need extremely strong reasons to build it again) -
> in linux, it's a replacement for 'configure'.  The only reason to
> include it in the book is because a few packages require it.  It's
> better described as "a build system for programs (that want to be
> able to run on windows)" :-)

cmake is now required for mysql.  :(

I haven't gotten into it much, but the output when building is pretty.

I do think the syntax for autotools is a bit convoluted (m4) and suspect 
that cmake is an improvement, but there is a learning curve.  I've been 
doing Qt development for a few years and cmake reminds me a bit of 
qmake.  When you get used to it, qmake is pretty nice, but only 
applicable to Qt based programs.

   -- Bruce
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