On Fri, Feb 20, 2004 at 03:24:30PM +0200, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Fri, Feb 20, 2004, Orna Agmon wrote about "[HAIFUX LECTURE, KEYSIGNING, DINNER] > Oron Peled on Advanced Autoconf": > >.. > > * 2. A live demo of real world usage for "autoconfiscation" of > > non-trivial software package. > >.. > > Just a small linguistic nit-pick: The name "Autoconf" comes from the > shortening of "Automatic Configure", not of "Automatic Confiscate". > Therefore, the verb should be "Autoconfigure", not "Autoconfiscate"... > Or if you must, "Autoconfize" or "Autoconfate" (eek).
It is not only autoconf. It is also libtool and automake. And the process is ireversable. Once you've done it you lose any hope of having a readable makefile. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
