From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id VAA06267; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:39:55 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA06429 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:39:54 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from aomori.annexia.org (annexia.force9.co.uk [212.56.101.183]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i3GJdkYM004396 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 21:39:51 +0200 Received: from rich by aomori.annexia.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BEZBd-0008L5-00 for ; Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:39:41 +0100 Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 20:39:41 +0100 Cc: caml-list Subject: Re: [Caml-list] build tools - good vs. fast, both cheap Message-ID: <20040416193941.GA31885@redhat.com> References: <20040416011616.GA13198@tallman.kefka.frap.net> <20040416160618.GA27238@tallman.kefka.frap.net> <1082139022.20063.136.camel@pelican.wigram> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1082139022.20063.136.camel@pelican.wigram> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at concorde by Joe's j-chkmail ("http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr")! X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 2004:99 suffices:01 autoconf:01 automake:01 compiles:01 rpms:01 ltd:98 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 commands:97 wrote:03 gnu:05 gnu:05 investment:94 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 04:10:25AM +1000, skaller wrote: > I'm against make. It just isn't necessary. Make is for C developers, > not Ocaml package installation. To build a package it suffices > to run a sequence of commands in a fixed order. Controversial view. Why ..? GNU make in particular is a very useful tool for its specialised niche. I use it all the time to build all lots of things (not just C or OCaml). Rich. -- Richard Jones. http://www.annexia.org/ http://www.j-london.com/ Merjis Ltd. http://www.merjis.com/ - improving website return on investment MAKE+ is a sane replacement for GNU autoconf/automake. One script compiles, RPMs, pkgs etc. Linux, BSD, Solaris. http://www.annexia.org/freeware/makeplus/ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners