Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 16:39:01 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@orthanc.ca> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: An autoconf bikeshed Message-ID: <C3B5E5D1-1E41-490A-B4A9-FB4D698D8979@orthanc.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060506233615.GG720@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200605041507.08581.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <200605051346.39823.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <20060505175533.GA3384@xor.obsecurity.org> <200605051414.02384.mi%2Bmx@aldan.algebra.com> <1146867318.62735.9.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <20060505200804.I49507@orthanc.ca> <1146907329.72215.5.camel@ikaros.oook.cz> <m31wv7krqf.fsf@merlin.emma.line.org> <C237B620-EF07-4219-A738-D70147A10229@orthanc.ca> <20060506233615.GG720@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On May 6, 2006, at 4:36 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > The far bigger problem is that OSs don't adhere to the POSIX standard > and the POSIX standard isn't broad enough to cover the features that > an application may require (Dianne Bruce mentioned sound). But it is broad enough to cover the vast majority of tools that currently use autoconf.
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