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> why did they have to invent 'configure' Cross-architecture and linux distro compatibility, mostly.

• compiler-guy 4y ago
  Err, pedantically, configure was not for cross Linux distro compatibility, but for cross unix compatibility. It existed long before Linux was a sparkle in Linus’s eye. And even then, it handled even some non unix environments as well.
  • kkielhofner 4y ago
    GNU autoconf was first released a few months before Linux. Is there some older implementation/standard/practice of ./configure before autoconf?
    • compiler-guy 4y ago
      Autoconf makes it convenient to write configure scripts. Configure scripts existed long before autoconf, but were written piecemeal.