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> It is a bit painful but it works. That's an understatement... especially if you're using autotools with libtool. Which, coincidentally, seems to be unmainta

> It is a bit painful but it works. That's an understatement... especially if you're using autotools with libtool. Which, coincidentally, seems to be unmaintained. I tried submitting a patch on their GNU Savannah[1], and it's soon celebrating its second birthday... last official release in 2015... And yet this is the "GNU standard" which a huge part of the packages found on an average Linux install - especially the smaller and more foundational pieces - are built with. It's mindbogglingly sad. [1] https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9687 https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?9687

enriquto 6y ago
> especially if you're using autotools with libtool. Then you had it coming! I do not understand why, in this day and age, the autotools shitfuckery is still necessary. You can write a portable makefile that will compile your program on all widespread unixes (linux distros, all the BSDs and macOS). Using CI tools you can verify in a few minutes whether it compiles correctly everywhere. The autotools and cmake systems are most often useless cruft (except if you want to compile on windows, in that case cmake is probably inevitable).