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automake vs. GNU make

Posted Feb 7, 2008 0:37 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: automake vs. GNU make by stevenj
Parent article: LCA: Disintermediating distributions

The intent is to do it all for you with a suitably-smart include file, 
using nothing but GNU make language and portable shell within it (perhaps 
with some extensions on the make front).

I've done similar things in the past (replacing horrible proprietary build 
systems). It's doable.

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