From: Pavel Roskin Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 22:27:10 GMT Subject: Autoconf/Automake Message-ID: <1150324030.23268.12.camel@dv> Hello! Is there any interest in converting the build system used by git to Autoconf and Automake? The ad-hoc configuration in Makefile is getting too big. As for nice features like remembering $prefix, wouldn't it be better to add them to Automake instead of limiting them to just one project? Other goodies from Automake are "make distcheck" and automatic dependency tracking. Compatibility with non-GNU make could earn us some respect from BSD folks. I converted several projects to the GNU build system, including qgit. It may be hard to get right, but then it just works for any configuration without giving any trouble. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin