Re: A Closer Look at GNU AutoTools

2014-09-05 Thread Johan Persson
On 2014-09-04 19:47, Shawn H Corey wrote: > I have just added an article to my blog on my programming language > about the GNU AutoTools. Please feel free to comment. > > http://kori-programming-language.blogspot.ca/2014/09/a-closer-look-at-gnu-autotools.html > [1] Well in my humble opinion

Re: A Closer Look at GNU AutoTools

2014-09-05 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Fri, 05 Sep 2014, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: > * the good old "Goats Book" which is also available online, and seems > to have received an update lately: > > https://www.sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_toc.html > > I still refer to my paper copy every once in a while, but by n

Re: A Closer Look at GNU AutoTools

2014-09-05 Thread Grégory Pakosz
For further reference: don't forget Alexandre Duret-Lutz's excellent Autotools Tutorial (https://www.lrde.epita.fr/~adl/autotools.html). IMHO people should start with this, then the Autotools Mythbuster. Regards On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:34 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > > On Fri, 05

Tutorial

2014-09-05 Thread David A. Wheeler
Another tutorial you might find useful is here: http://www.dwheeler.com/autotools/ It is only an introduction, but I think it helps people get started. I think the goat book is too old to be useful as a tutorial. --- David A.Wheeler ___ Autoconf mailin

Re: A Closer Look at GNU AutoTools

2014-09-05 Thread Shawn H Corey
On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:52:58 -0700 Paul Eggert wrote: > I expect them to make constructive and specific suggestions, which > have been in short supply in this thread but which have occurred in > the past and, I hope, the future. > I have made suggestions; they've been ignored. > It's not like

Re: A Closer Look at GNU AutoTools

2014-09-05 Thread Gary V. Vaughan
> On Sep 5, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh > wrote: > >> On Fri, 05 Sep 2014, Hartmut Holzgraefe wrote: >> * the good old "Goats Book" which is also available online, and seems >> to have received an update lately: >> >>https://www.sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_

Re: A Closer Look at GNU AutoTools

2014-09-05 Thread Nick Bowler
On 2014-09-04 20:02 -0400, Shawn H Corey wrote: > On Thu, 4 Sep 2014 16:40:40 -0600 > "John Calcote" wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > > From: autoconf-bounces+john.calcote=gmail@gnu.org > > > [mailto:autoconf-bounces+john.calcote=gmail@gnu.org] On Behalf > > > Of Shawn H Corey >

Re: A Closer Look at GNU AutoTools

2014-09-05 Thread Gavin Smith
On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Nick Bowler wrote: > Quoted from the linked page: >> After some investigation, I discovered that the documentation for GNU >> AutoTools was crappy. This is surprising considering how long it has >> been in use. ☹ > > Can you be more constructive? I think Autoconf a