Roger Leigh created XALANC-788:
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Summary: Drop Autoconf build
Key: XALANC-788
URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/XALANC-788
Project: XalanC
Issue Type: Bug
Reporter: Roger Leigh
Assignee: Roger Leigh
Fix For: 1.12
Like Xerces-C, Xalan-C currently provides an Autotools build and a CMake build.
Unlike Xerces-C, the Autotools build is in a poor shape and is not
particularly great for portability on modern platforms. The "runConfigure" and
"Makefile.incl" scripts replace the proper use of Autoconf platform support,
feature detection and option selection. These are entirely counter to the
point behind using Autoconf in the first place. There's no use of Automake or
Libtool, so the portability of the library creation is particularly limited.
I don't personally have the time to dedicate to supporting this, including
replacing the hardcoded logic with Automake/Libtool. Even these are poor
nowadays when it comes to current C++ support.
The CMake build can replace the Autoconf support entirely, is portable for all
current platforms and compilers, and I would strongly suggest taking the course
unless there is a compelling reason otherwise.
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