"Sam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Does "his" way support VPATH builds? Cross-compiling? Build-roots?
Sometimes "better" doesn't mean "has more features". Sometimes it
means smaller, simpler, more reliable. Hmm, sounds like qmail.
Then there's the question of "better for whom?" For the developer? For
the user? For the autoconf fan? In this case, the answer is "the
developer". Dan has to support the qmail portability stuff. If he'd
rather use a home grown method than autoconf, there's little incentive
for him to use autoconf.
If you really want to know more about why qmail doesn't use autoconf,
go to:
http://www-archive.ornl.gov:8000/
And search the qmail list for "autoconf 1996".
-Dave
