configure scripts are usually part of the automake build system which used to be the standard on linux maybe 5 years ago I think it went out of favour roughly the same time as cvs.
On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 5:29 AM, Marco Leise <[email protected]> wrote: > Aren't those configure scripts generate by some other tool :) >> > > Maybe. I never digged that deep into build processes. After some time I > got myself to write Makefiles, but that's about it. I see names like > automake, m4, configure etc. pop up now and then and have no idea what role > each plays. They just get the job done somehow and check which C standard > library is used, what compiler and other useful traits to cover the > differences between systems. >
