ill second that. autoconf is that bad. i havent written any m4 scripts though. and couldnt get automake to work. matt On Mon, 6 Feb 2006, John Calcote wrote: > You know, I've recently finished reading the manuals for m4, libtool, > autoconf, and automake. After 1000 pages of reading, I was frustrated to > walk away knowing very little more than I started with. I believe this > is primarily due to the lack of examples and background context in the > explanations presented in these manuals (m4 and libtool manuals were > quite good, BTW - only the autotools manuals left much to be desired). > > I suggest we start a wiki page where people can post cookbook > information - detailed examples of how to do common things. A good > starting point would be FAQ and mailing list archives. The most > frequently asked questions would be answered first. > > For example: > > 1. How to support debug build options, including symbols with no > optimizations, specific debug constructs, like debug memory, etc. > > 2. How to support library, program, header and function checks only > when specific options are enabled. > > 3. How to support specific tool optimization flags for fine tuning - > those not handled by the existing macros. > > This is just the top three on my mind right now - these questions are > posed all the time on the mailing list. It would be nice if some of > these were answered in a cookbook fashion on a wiki page that could be > edited - then others could add their triumphs to the pages as well. > > John > _______________________________________________ > Autoconf mailing list > Autoconf@xxxxxxx > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf > _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
