More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 release [LWN.net]

More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 release

Posted Dec 23, 2005 12:03 UTC (Fri) by hmh (subscriber, #3838)
In reply to: More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 release by philips
Parent article: More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 release

Sure, "invented here" build systems that are no better than auto*, usually a lot more buggy because the author don't know anything about portability, and which are EVEN less understood than auto*.

Now, X.org imake was at least portable, but it is no easier to understand than auto*. "imake hell" is an expression that far predates "autohell".

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More information on the X11R7.0/X11R6.9 release

Posted Dec 23, 2005 13:52 UTC (Fri) by rknop (guest, #66) [Link]

I've generally had no problems with automake. I've used it myself in code I've written, and kinda like it now that I'm used to it.

imake was something I learned to loathe early and loathed ever more as time went on.

I never fully figured out how to make imake work as a normal user, whereas I've done that frequently with autoconfig. (Whatever we're supposed to call the autohell thing.)

-Rob