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Re: ./configure fails to link test program due to missing dependencies

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Sep 18, 2024, 22:39 UTC
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Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com> writes:
> We seem to get fairly regular bug reports about the configure script,
> presumably because most contributors are using the Makefile. It would
> certainly be nice if we could get the CMake support into a state where
> we could consider dropping the configure script.

While I would agree that two is better than having to support three build procedures, I am not sure how improvement of CMake support needs to be a prerequisite for removal of autoconf.

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