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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com>
To: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml support in autotools
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:51:36 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060801185136.d00b7077.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <054b459f8307f928df4660099b19d65f@vistabella.de>

Christian Lindig wrote:

> Having a ./configure is very convenient for developers and users alike. 

Agreed.

> Hoever, it does not have to be generated from Autoconf. The OCaml 
> distribution uses manually written shell scripts,

Yes, I am aware than I can write my own configure script but I 
would *much* rather user autoconf and automake if they both
support Ocaml. I already use autoconf, automake and libtool
for two C libraries.

> I found it much easier to implement the checks that I need in my own 
> little Perl script rather than relying on Autotools.

I have and will continue to write M4 macros for autoconf as
required.

Erik
-- 
+-----------------------------------------------------------+
  Erik de Castro Lopo
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"Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a
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  reply	other threads:[~2006-08-01  8:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-31 16:14 Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-01  8:03 ` [Caml-list] " Stefano Zacchiroli
2006-08-01  8:15 ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2006-08-01  8:30   ` Christian Lindig
2006-08-01  8:51     ` Erik de Castro Lopo [this message]
2006-08-01 11:30     ` Hendrik Tews
2006-08-01 12:32       ` skaller
2006-08-01 12:50         ` Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-01 13:13           ` skaller
2006-08-02 12:46     ` Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-02 14:03       ` Christian Lindig
2006-08-01 11:27 ` Hendrik Tews
2006-08-01 11:51   ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2006-08-02 12:28   ` Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-01 17:37 ` Grigory Batalov
2006-08-02 12:29   ` [Caml-list] " Guillaume Rousse
     [not found] ` <44CE6483.9070205@tepkom.ru>
2006-08-03 12:56   ` [Caml-list] " Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-03 21:10     ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2006-08-04  0:40     ` Grigory Batalov
2006-08-04  5:32       ` [Caml-list] " skaller
2006-08-04  5:41         ` skaller
2006-08-04 12:38           ` Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-04  8:41         ` Anil Madhavapeddy
2006-09-08 14:52           ` Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-04 12:48         ` Stefano Zacchiroli
2006-08-05  0:36           ` skaller
2006-08-06  9:22             ` Stefano Zacchiroli
2006-09-08 14:52         ` Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-03 15:10   ` [Caml-list] " Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-03 21:12     ` Erik de Castro Lopo
2006-08-04 12:26       ` Guillaume Rousse
2006-08-04  1:15     ` Grigory Batalov
2006-08-03 22:42 ` [Caml-list] " Sylvain Le Gall

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