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Date:      Thu, 18 Nov 2004 18:51:06 +0100
From:      Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
To:        Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSD equivalents of autoconf, automake, etc.
Message-ID:  <419CE10A.20803@mukappabeta.de>
In-Reply-To: <20041118165953.GA46467@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
References:  <20041118160531.GA43779@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20041118101808.11092f21@dolphin.local.net> <20041118163221.GB45289@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <20041118165953.GA46467@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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Jonathon McKitrick wrote:

> This is exactly what I needed.  I wanted to experiment with building,
> installing, linking, and the same with my own test 'libraries.'  It looks
> like this is much easier than autoconf.

Why do you want to use autoconf at all, if you want to build on only one 
system?  Autoconf (and automake/libtool) was, as originally intended, 
designed to ease cross-platform portability.

mkb.



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