> Any portable build system, that already requires EVERY user to have that build system installed, is DoA for being a viable portable build system. I've voted

> Any portable build system, that already requires EVERY user to have that build system installed, is DoA for being a viable portable build system. I've voted this post down for this in particular. It is truly an absurd criticism, especially when you refute it yourself when you admit bash on Windows is a relatively new phenomenon (and I still struggle with bash env on Windows). If you use a build system, you need a build system installed, full stop. Cmake is pretty easy to bootstrap on a new host with minimal assumptions. Literally just `./bootstrap; make` on basically any 'nix. Cmake is designed to run truly anywhere, with many backing generators, not just make. It doesn't even assume a posix shell iirc. Sounds like many of your complaints are with the library authors not writing with portability in mind.