Re: autoconf

Subject: Re: autoconf
From: Aaron Lehmann (aaronl@vitelus.com)
Date: Sat Jul 22 2000 - 13:43:09 CDT

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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make a patch!!

I would appreciate it so much if I didn't have to "make clean" every time
I changed a header file... I've given up on messing with the makefiles and
I'm convinced that autoconf is the solution.

Thanks so much!

On Sat, 22 Jul 2000, Goran Thyni wrote:

> Hi,
>
> a problem that itches me with the build env is that there are no
> dependencies, so thatto make sure you get a clean build you
> have to remove the abi/src/$(arch)/obj directory and rebuild
> everything from scratch.
> It is very important in a C++ projects since changes in header files
> can change offset in _vtable:s and there lead to much head scratching.
>
> On unix autoconf/libtool/gcc gives you automatic dependencies.
> I have done some experimenting with it and it is not very hard
> to do a basic implementation for Debian/Linux. People with other
> unix(-like) platform can fill in the blanks.
>
> Should I make a patch?
>
> regards,
> Göran.
>
>

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