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I find autotools thousand times easier than CMake. Autotools just work. I can always ask it to get the hell out of my way! Doing complex dependencies in CMake
by iambvk 14y ago
I find autotools thousand times easier than CMake. Autotools just work. I can always ask it to get the hell out of my way!
Doing complex dependencies in CMake is a pain where as with Autmake, I can just go back to Make in the same file.
- snogglethorpe 14y agoYeah, I concur. I've had miserable experiences with cmake. The autotools have a butt-ugly implementation, but generally work pretty well, and are fairly simple to use, within their domain. That's the issue, really ... each of these build systems (including the autotools) seems to have a sweet spot where it works pretty well, but can be a misery outside it. None of them (that I've encountered) are even close to being universally good. Pick your poison wisely...