Re: [leafnode-list] PLEASE let us switch to some automatic Makefile generator

["Ron 'The InSaNe One' Rosson" <insane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are alot of programs out there that do not use these. Look at
Weiste V.'s Postfix. It does not use these. 

Just throwing in my $.02


Matthias Andree (ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Dear reader,
> 
> this is being a sort of open letter to Cornelius.
> 
> After I had released 2.0b5-ma1, I have been debugging "Makefile.in", and
> it has more than one problem that automake would have avoided, e. g.: 
> 
> 1. If leafnode is under CVS, make dist fails.
> 2. If make dist fails, a subsequent make dist aborts.
> 3. The "install" target does not depend on rnews, but tries to install it.
> 4. All object files (.o) had explicit rules.
> 5. Make dist requires subsequent ./configure.
> 
> Let us please seriously consider throwing Makefile.in down the drain and
> replacing it with Makefile.am and automake to get rid of these
> problems. NONE of the problems mentioned above would persist after we
> switch to Makefile.am. I'll do the work, it's quite easy, and it works
> as the users of 1.9.17ma3 have experienced.
> 
> The current Makefile.in is a mess, duplicating unnecessary rules,
> missing dependencies and so on. It works somehow, but it's a reliability
> and maintenance disaster. It grows without concept.
> 
> 
> Suggestions for alternatives to automake, possibly comprising autoconf
> are welcome from everybody, as are constructive comments.
> 
> Does anybody here have experience with Cook (to replace make) or Aegis
> (to replace CVS)? 
> http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/aegis/aegis.html
> http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~millerp/cook/cook.html
> 
> Any further suggestions for FREE make/automake/autoconf replacements?
> 
> -- 
> Matthias Andree
> 
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