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On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 10:47:58AM -0400, Chet Hosey wrote: > As are build systems in general -- you'd think that given the amount of > software written in the computing world, making tools that could easily > and successfully build and install software and do things like recognize > which files should be rebuilt after touching a header would be a higher > priority. Nooooo, let's use automake to build the configure script to > generate the Makefiles that recursively invoke make to spackle over the > problem -- that way when something breaks, it's REALLY hateful! As the maintainer of a system that uses such a style, I cannot express my hatred for it as I fear it would destroy the world. -- Michael G Schwern schwern@xxxxx.xxx http://www.pobox.com/~schwern Don't try the paranormal until you know what's normal. -- "Lords and Ladies" by Terry PrachettThere's stuff above here
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