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I was using "autoconf" to mean both the software itself and all its output, including the generated configure script. Confusingly, sorry about that, but for th
by avar 10y ago
I was using "autoconf" to mean both the software itself and all its output, including the generated configure script.
Confusingly, sorry about that, but for the purposes of discussing what software you need to generate the configure valuables you ultimately need when cloning from source control, it makes no difference.
- sqeaky 10y agoChains of discussion like this are why I like CMake. Much less confusion. Few confuse the output of CMake with things that ought to be committed.
- kazinator 10y agoI like something called GNU Make for the same reason. Few confuse the output of Make (namely your built program) with something that ought to be committed (like its source code or the Makefile).