Alan Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Get rid of automake completely, and do things the Right Way(tm).
I take it you don't understand autoconf and automake. The use of the automake program can be debated, but the kludge you object to has *nothing* to do with automake. > Adding a kludge for each OS is __WRONG__ to the point of being > diabolicly evil. "You are not permitted to run platforms we don't > approve of, including the OS this kit is supposed to help you make." I see no evil with adding workarounds for bugs in various OS:es. I also see no evil in taking advantage of features that are available only on some systems, and disabling features at configure time on systems where they can't easily be implemented. I do find it annoying, though, if configure aborts because it thinks your operating system isn't supported. Say if I want to hack some non-system-dependent part of glibc (like its documentation), then I still have to do it on a system that glibc supports. If I try to unpack it on, say, Solaris, configure refuses to create any makefiles. > I hate GNU software. =\ Then why are you reading or posting to debian-hurd? /Niels
