Re: autoconf is broken in various ways

[Didier Verna]

Tom Tromey wrote:

> I'm curious to know what is so complex about it.
> Is it something intrinsic to XEmacs?
> Or a quirk of evolution?
> Or something else?

        It's mainly because autoconf has been in use in XEmacs for a long
time, and the level of customization we want|like|need is|was not available
without understanding and hacking autoconf's internals. This is not specific
to XEmacs as we all know. However, XEmacs goes rather deep in that matter ...

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