On 2004-03-10 Nico Erfurth <masta@???> wrote:
> Phil Pennock schrieb:
>>> But that brings up another question (for me). Using autoconf or not?
>> *scream!*
> OKOK :)
>> As someone who's added local hacks to Exim, and local hacks to an
>> autoconf program, I fervently beg that Exim stick to its current
>> configuration system.
> I know, but still it makes life easier for package-maintainers, and it
> IS a standard for source distribution today.
Speaking as package maintainer: I am rather[1] happy with the current
setup because it makes it easy to tell exim *exactly* what to link
against, which is what I need.
And autoconf's brother libtool has one very nerving bug - it
automatically links against any indirectly referenced library.
However using auto* might be easier to maintain and ight lower the
entry barrier for new developers
cu andreas
[1] Compiling exim multiple times with different options requires ugly
hacks.
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