Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:51:06 +0100 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD equivalents of autoconf, automake, etc. Message-ID: <419CE10A.20803@mukappabeta.de> In-Reply-To: <20041118165953.GA46467@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20041118160531.GA43779@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041118101808.11092f21@dolphin.local.net> <20041118163221.GB45289@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20041118165953.GA46467@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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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.
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