On 02/09/2012 11:01 AM, David Kirkby wrote:
On 9 February 2012 14:04, Michael Orlitzky <mich...@orlitzky.com <mailto:mich...@orlitzky.com>> wrote: I'll +1 both sides: 1) autotools is the worst thing on Earth I believe if it was as bad as you make out, it would not be as popular as it is. I would guess guess at least one third of open-source projects use it.
I meant that in good humor. It's the best tool for the job, but is in no way enjoyable (for me) to work with.
I know William called it "autohell", but that's because he did not RTFM. I see his early attempt at the "prereq" configure script, which was written to be processed by autoconf. Just about every reccomendation in the manual was ignored.
I've done this; I think most developers have. There are thousands of pages in documentation and books, and none seem to be at the right level.
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