"Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kirkby@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > The person who wrote the software is not using autoconf, but I've > offered to convert it to autoconf, as his 'Configure' script has not > worked well for use in the Sage project, and peoples attempts to hack > it to work have been less than successful too. That's of course a political question and I can feel your pain. My recommendation is to start small, show real benefit from your changes and if possible do one step at a time building up trust with the main developer. As soon as you have autoolified the project, gnulib integration should be fairly easy. > The library had various macros, which will only complicate things. I > really do want to keep this as simple as possible, as I fear otherwise > he will abandon the autoconf/automake approach, and go back to his > Configure' script, which works well for him. Show him that an autotooled project works very well for the users on various platforms. HTH Christian _______________________________________________ Autoconf mailing list Autoconf@xxxxxxx http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/autoconf
