On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 23:06 -0400, Mark Heily wrote: > Currently, Autoconf does not generate a top-level Makefile when > Here's a simple example of a stub Makefile: > --------------------------------------- > all: > ./configure > make > > install: > ./configure > make install > --------------------------------------- > > This idea could be extended to include other targets such as dist, > clean, etc. > > My intention is to save typing for power users and make it easier for > novice users to build programs from source. Power users should know how to configure and install a package. Power users also know that this kind of invocation to build and install a package almost always is wrong. > This effectively hides > the Autoconf/Automake mechanism unless someone wants to pass specific > options to the configure script. > > Any thoughts? Not useful. Ralf _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
