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Re: changing the autogen.sh approach
- To: GSL discussion list <gsl-discuss at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: changing the autogen.sh approach
- From: Gerard Jungman <jungman at lanl dot gov>
- Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 21:22:45 -0600
- Organization: LANL T-8
- References: <87aejeae27.fsf@portacipria.lanl.gov>
Mark Galassi wrote:
>
> (1) autogen.sh just calls libtoolize, aclocal, automake --add-missing,
> and autoconf. Then you invoke "configure" yourself.
>
> (2) autogen.sh also calls configure and passes it all the options,
> taking care to do the right thing with separate build dirs.
>
> We are currently doing (2), but I would like to switch to doing (1),
> which is cleaner and makes the autogen.sh script a total no-brainer
> (as it should be). Does anyone have strong feelings about it?
Yes. I am strongly in agreement. Every time that script
runs ./configure for me, I think "you worthless piece of
shit, why are you doing that."
--
G. Jungman