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Subject: Re: BSD equivalents of autoconf, automake, etc.
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote:

> This is exactly what I needed.  I wanted to experiment with building,
> installing, linking, and the same with my own test 'libraries.'  It looks
> like this is much easier than autoconf.

Why do you want to use autoconf at all, if you want to build on only one 
system?  Autoconf (and automake/libtool) was, as originally intended, 
designed to ease cross-platform portability.

mkb.