While I don't have any good alternatives to autoconf, I can
say that my employer (FactSet) was kind enough to agree to
pay for a port of emacs v20.x to OpenVMS v7.x. I'd name the
individual and his company, but I'm not sure if he wants
to be hit with tons of requests.
I can say that the individual is very knowledgeable about
OpenVMS, and has been in and around GNU code before. So
I'm expecting the port to work out fairly well. I'm
expecting it to be completed during the summer time.
The purpose of the port was our own selfish interests.
Which means that while you get the source code and
everything that goes with it, you'll get the assumptions
that I was willing to make. For example, its unlikely
this will work under the VAX, pre-v7.2 systems, or
would even compile under anything but a recent DEC C
compiler. But it beats telneting to a Unix box. :->
Hopefully I'll have some good news in July.
-Eric Johnson
