Re: [dev] Some direction with my project

From: Pontus Stenetorp <pontus_AT_stenetorp.se>
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2022 22:08:39 +0900

On Fri 15 Apr 2022, Chibby Bromanson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 02:20:25PM +0200, Wolf wrote:
> > On 2022-04-15 08:51:50 +0000, Hadrien Lacour wrote:
> > >
> > > Some implementation details: do you really need autohell when the only thing
> > > you use it for is to detect the presence of sys/xattr.h? That's only a few lines
> > > of sh calling cc to do the same.
> > > Personally, I use POSIX sh to "augment" make with the usual stuff like
> > > [un]install or what GNU make provides.
> >
> > Configure script provides lot more then detection though. I have yet to
> > see a hand written make providing support for --program-prefix or
> > --program-transform-name for example. For packaging software, these
> > additional features are useful from time to time.
>
> This was the decision that I struggled with the most to be completely
> honest. In the end though, this still ensures maximum portability and
> greatly increases your chances of some kind soul packaging it up for
> various platforms.

Speaking as a package maintainer. I actually breathe a sigh of relief when I see a good old plain Makefile as I know that I am not about to have my understanding of obscure Autotools internals challenged in case something goes awry.
Received on Sat Apr 16 2022 - 15:08:39 CEST