On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Eric <e...@deptj.eu> wrote:
>
> On Wed, July 6, 2011 6:11 am, Steve Bennett wrote:
> > Hi Richard,
> >
> >> I really dislike autoconf - a feeling cultivated through years of
> >> experience
> >> trying to use it. And I think I'm probably not alone in that feeling.
> >
> > You are very much not alone. See
> http://msteveb.github.com/autosetup/why/
> >
>
> Not wishing to rain on anyone's parade, but, as it says in the autoconf
> info page,
>
> "Those who do not understand Autoconf are condemned to reinvent it,
> poorly. "
>
I rather like Steve's reimplementation. It uses TCL. But for systems that
do not have TCL installed by default, it includes the complete source code
for JimTcl which it automatically compiles and runs. Unlike autoconf, I'm
actual able to follow the code for Steve's autosetup.
My only complaint with autosetup is that autosetup itself is maintained on
github :-(
The autosetup version of Fossil is now available on a branch. Some
additional work is needed.
http://www.fossil-scm.org/fossil/timeline?r=autosetup
>
> Maybe not, but your first reference from the above page is a bit OTT (as
> some of the comments below it say).
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric
>
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