Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 22:19:36 -0400 From: Diane Bruce <db@db.net> To: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> Cc: ports@freebsd.org, Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Subject: Re: An autoconf bikeshed Message-ID: <20060507021936.GA94772@night.db.net> In-Reply-To: <C3B5E5D1-1E41-490A-B4A9-FB4D698D8979@orthanc.ca> References: <200605051346.39823.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <20060505175533.GA3384@xor.obsecurity.org> <200605051414.02384.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <1146867318.62735.9.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20060505200804.I49507@orthanc.ca> <1146907329.72215.5.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <m31wv7krqf.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <C237B620-EF07-4219-A738-D70147A10229@orthanc.ca> <20060506233615.GG720@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <C3B5E5D1-1E41-490A-B4A9-FB4D698D8979@orthanc.ca>
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On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 04:39:01PM -0700, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote: > > On May 6, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > > >The far bigger problem is that OSs don't adhere to the POSIX standard ... > But it is broad enough to cover the vast majority of tools that > currently use autoconf. Actually I agree with this. The real point of my somewhat brief comment was to point out is there are quite a few programmers who wouldn't know what portability was, if it hit them in their face. In some cases it is easier to ignore their Makefiles and just start from scratch. -- - db@db.net http://www.db.net/~db
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