"Aaron J. Grier" <[email protected]> writes:
> the point of autotools is to lower the barriers to write portable
> software. so why is so much autotools software non-portable?
Much as autotools suck, they are still better than most
alternatives. Autotools software is non-portable largely because people
skim through the barely-sufficient documentation and fail to use the
tools properly.
But enough of that; hates-people is elsewhere.
Matthew
--
I must take issue with the term "a mere child", for it has been my
invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely
preferable to that of a mere adult.
-- Fran Lebowitz
