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"to proper autotools" ah yes, the usual "you're holding it wrong" defense No, another hack on top of the auto-* ecosystem won't make things better. CMake's pro
by raverbashing 5y ago
"to proper autotools" ah yes, the usual "you're holding it wrong" defense
No, another hack on top of the auto-* ecosystem won't make things better. CMake's problems are cmakes's problems, but it doesn't make autostuff better in any way
But please tell me again why do I need a buildsystem that needs to check if I have Fortran or if I'm running AIX under MIPS again?
Makefile only is crude but it can work fine if your target is the usual distros and your project is small (read: less trouble than autotools)
- rurban 5y ago> But please tell me again why do I need a buildsystem that needs to check if I have Fortran or if I'm running AIX under MIPS again? If you need Fortran support you need to check for it. Ditto for AIX. Hardcoding assumptions is fragile.
- trasz 5y agoWhy would you need to check for it? The name of compiler is well known, the build will properly fail if it’s not there, and work otherwise. Autotools doesn’t serve any purpose here.