From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id CEE92BBAF for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:31:05 +0200 (CEST) Received: from pauillac.inria.fr (pauillac.inria.fr [128.93.11.35]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k718V5w7026716 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:31:05 +0200 Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA23601 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:31:04 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from justus.rz.uni-saarland.de (justus.rz.uni-saarland.de [134.96.7.31]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k718V0EN030208 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:31:04 +0200 Received: from uni-sb.de (uni-sb.de [134.96.7.230]) by justus.rz.uni-saarland.de (8.12.11.20060614/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k718UvId30352014; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:30:57 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.cs.uni-sb.de (mail.cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.254.200]) by uni-sb.de (8.13.7/2006061600) with ESMTP id k718UuRP016877; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:30:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail.st.cs.uni-sb.de (goscinny.cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.235.32]) by mail.cs.uni-sb.de (8.13.7/2006061600) with ESMTP id k718UuAq015696; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:30:56 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [134.96.235.101] (jonagold.cs.uni-sb.de [134.96.235.101]) by mail.st.cs.uni-sb.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3E51BD67; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:30:56 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <20060801181500.fcc23a70.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> References: <44CE2C74.4070607@inria.fr> <20060801181500.fcc23a70.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v623) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: <054b459f8307f928df4660099b19d65f@vistabella.de> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Caml List From: Christian Lindig Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml support in autotools Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:30:55 +0200 To: Erik de Castro Lopo X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.623) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.1 (justus.rz.uni-saarland.de [134.96.7.31]); Tue, 01 Aug 2006 10:30:57 +0200 (CEST) X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir Milter (version: 1.1.3-1; AVE: 7.1.1.0; VDF: 6.35.1.30; host: AntiVir1) X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 44CF1149.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44CF1144.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; lindig:01 lindig:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 autoconf:01 autoconf:01 ocamlburg:01 2006,:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 shell:04 erik:04 generated:05 i'd:05 implement:06 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 On Aug 1, 2006, at 10:15 AM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: > I'd like to have ocaml support in autotools (autoconf + automake), Having a ./configure is very convenient for developers and users alike. Hoever, it does not have to be generated from Autoconf. The OCaml distribution uses manually written shell scripts, I am using a Perl script (since Perl is basically always available). You can take a look here: https://trac.vistabella.de/ocamlburg/browser/trunk/configure I found it much easier to implement the checks that I need in my own little Perl script rather than relying on Autotools. -- Christian