Re: Autoconf/Automake

From: Timo Hirvonen <tihirvon@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 14, 2006, 23:18 UTC
Message-ID: <20060615021832.4f07a694.tihirvon@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <1150324030.23268.12.camel@dv>

Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org> wrote:

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> 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.

Autotools almost drove me crazy so I had to write my own configure system:

   http://onion.dynserv.net/~timo/tconf.html

It is really easy to use and quite flexible.</shameless plug>

Personally I don't think git needs autoconf/tconf/whatever. The current makefile is good enough.

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