On 07/07/2011, at 7:30 AM, Eric wrote: > > On Wed, July 6, 2011 6:11 am, Steve Bennett wrote: >> Hi Richard, >> >>> I really dislike autoconf - a feeling cultivated through years of >>> experience >>> trying to use it. And I think I'm probably not alone in that feeling. >> >> You are very much not alone. See http://msteveb.github.com/autosetup/why/ >> > > Not wishing to rain on anyone's parade, but, as it says in the autoconf > info page, > > "Those who do not understand Autoconf are condemned to reinvent it, > poorly. "
All this says is "this is a complex problem and you can never solve it better than the way we solved it". This is not conducive to progress. In building autosetup, I've learnt more about autoconf than I ever wanted to know :-) > > Maybe not, but your first reference from the above page is a bit OTT (as > some of the comments below it say). Indeed. And just complaining about something without offering an alternative doesn't help much. autoconf isn't terrible, but it can be a frustrating experience. Cheers, Steve -- µWeb: Embedded Web Framework - http://uweb.workware.net.au/ WorkWare Systems Pty Ltd W: www.workware.net.au P: +61 434 921 300 E: ste...@workware.net.au F: +61 7 3391 6002 _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
