Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1

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Christoph Hellwig wrote:
On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 12:11:56AM +0200, Karel Zak wrote:
 The package build system is now based on autotools. The build system
 supports  separate CFLAGS and LDFLAGS for suid programs (SUID_CFLAGS,
 SUID_LDFLAGS). For more details see the README file

And this is really dumb.  autotools is a completely pain in the ass and
not useful at all for linux-only tools.


A myth. It is quite useful for packagers, because of the high Just Works(tm) factor. After porting an entire across several revisions of a distro, the autotools-based packages are the ones that work out of the box 90% of the time.

The other 90% of _my_ time comes from annoying people who roll their own Makefile/build solution, which the packager has to then learn.

It's just not scalable for people to keep building their own build solutions.

	Jeff


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