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> Anything past Makefiles is so complex, especially for my uses. (...) to use things like pkg-config, Cmake, Meson, or other tools is a real headache. Does anyo
by enriquto 4y ago
> Anything past Makefiles is so complex, especially for my uses. (...) to use things like pkg-config, Cmake, Meson, or other tools is a real headache. Does anyone have any favorite resources?
Yes. The GNU make documentation. Just don't use cmake and similar stuff. You can typically rewrite your complex, non-working Cmakelists as simple, straightforward Makefiles.
- irowe 4y agoThe GNU Make documentation is excellent, and you can get t a long way with handwritten Make files, but when you move beyond a few translation units that have different needs, it be becomes much easier to maintain things with CMake.