Hi, Jakub! I don't have the newsgroup access, so I'm copying to the mailing list instead. On Fri, 2006-06-30 at 00:22 +0200, Jakub Narebski wrote: > If I remember correctly everybody agreed that autoconf is least evil of the > whole autotools package. Sort of. Some people were less dismissive than others. > pasky suggested to write ./configure script by > hand on #git... That's probably not a good idea. Autoconf can do this very well if used correctly. And I'm ready to help when it comes to correctness. > I'm trying to do inobtrusive _optional_ autoconf support in the patch series > beginning with > Message-ID: <200606290301.51657.jnareb@xxxxxxxxx> > http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/22832 The problem with optional support is that you suddenly have two alternative mechanisms to adjust the build to the system, and both should be kept in a working condition. But it's a good first step. > Please wait for the patch moving ./autoconf output away from config.mak > (as some people here requested), and do contribute! My autoconf/m4 > experience is nonexistent (I'm learning it as I go). See comments in the > third [PATCH/RFC] in series. > > BTW. patches are against master. The link doesn't show the "@" characters correctly. Maybe somebody could establish a git repository? Ideally, the autoconf changes should go to one of the Git branches. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin - : 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