Re: Build system

Subject: Re: Build system
From: Eric W. Sink (eric@sourcegear.com)
Date: Sat Jun 17 2000 - 08:36:59 CDT

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>On http://www.abisource.com/~abi/dear_abi.phtml, Abi says he's (she's?)
>pretty sure that AbiWord will transition to autoconf eventually. Are we
>ready for this transiton? I am sick of messing with makefiles,

Switching to autoconf will mean that you have to mess with makefiles
more, not less. Autoconf solves a certain class of problems, but
getting you away from make and its attendant legion of makefiles
is *not* one of them.

Eric W. Sink, Software Craftsman
SourceGear Corporation
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