thanks, dave.
begin Dave Peticolas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, 2002-10-22 at 10:36, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > > > as usual, the configure script is a big fat mess and difficult to > > follow. > > It's almost impossible to read those, I wouldn't bother. why do they DO that? shell scripting can be really transparent. it's like they obfuscate it on purpose. > > i fully realize i gave practically no information. sending a tarball to > > the list is a huge no-no, but i'm hoping that some autoconf guru will > > have some tips to help me out with these error messages. > > > > related question: > > > > i have no desire to read 50+ pages of autoconf info pages. i've done a > > websearch for a "quick and dirty introduction", but other than galassi's > > tutorial, couldn't find much. anyone know of a pragmatic intro to > > autoconf? > > I don't know about on-line introductions, but the book > "GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool" is a great source > of information. ah. i totally forgot about that book. i'll check out rod's suggestion (and i found something on a website called "seul"). if they don't do it, i'll shell out for the automake/conf book. i should prolly have a copy in my own collection anyway. > Automake is pretty much a breeze to use once you figure > it out. The other two ... well ... automake is a breeze > to use :) heh. :) pete -- Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
