Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello! > > Is there any interest in converting the build system used by git to > Autoconf and Automake? The ad-hoc configuration in Makefile is getting > too big. As for nice features like remembering $prefix, wouldn't it be > better to add them to Automake instead of limiting them to just one > project? > > Other goodies from Automake are "make distcheck" and automatic > dependency tracking. Compatibility with non-GNU make could earn us some > respect from BSD folks. > > I converted several projects to the GNU build system, including qgit. > It may be hard to get right, but then it just works for any > configuration without giving any trouble. Autotools almost drove me crazy so I had to write my own configure system: http://onion.dynserv.net/~timo/tconf.html It is really easy to use and quite flexible.</shameless plug> Personally I don't think git needs autoconf/tconf/whatever. The current makefile is good enough. -- http://onion.dynserv.net/~timo/ - : send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html