30 Apr
2010
30 Apr
'10
8:15 a.m.
I've got to agree libtool is evil, it causes more breakage than anything it purports to fix. Autoconf is a great idea, but a horrible implementation because of it's insane complexity and utterly unreadable machine generated code. It's wonderful when it works, but pure hell when it doesn't. I've found myself in autotool hell more often than I would care to remember. However, at the moment I don't know what a viable alternative to autoconf would be. I suppose if you believe you won't ever need per OS configuration it's not necessary, but are we at that point of compatibility? -- John Dennis <jdennis@redhat.com> Looking to carve out IT costs? www.redhat.com/carveoutcosts/