Re: FVWM: Gnu configure on next realease ???

From: Mark Boyns <boyns_at_sdsu.edu>
Date: 24 May 1996 09:08:41 -0700

=?ISO-2022-JP?B?GyRCJF4kRCQ3JD8kXiQzJEgbKEI=?= <matusita_at_ics.es.osaka-u.ac.jp> writes:

> Though configure script is maybe flexible and usable, why only a few
> application (except the GNU product) uses GNU autoconf for generating ?

A better question is why only a few X applications use GNU autoconf.
Here's a few X applications that do use autoconf:

   xarchie, xsession, ImageMagic, gimp, jpeg library, xshisen

> I think many developer want NOT to use GNU autoconf because of difficulty...

But autoconf isn't difficult. autoconf comes with a program called
`autoscan'. Here's an excerpt from the Info page:

       The `autoscan' program can help you create a `configure.in' file for
    a software package. `autoscan' examines source files in the
    directory tree rooted at a directory given as a command line
    argument, or the current directory if none is given. It searches
    the source files for common portability problems and creates a
    file `configure.scan' which is a preliminary `configure.in' for
    that package.

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Received on Fri May 24 1996 - 11:21:09 BST

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