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 27FF0BBAF for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:51:42 +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 k718pf7L031391 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:51:41 +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 KAA24149 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:51:41 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from smtp.syd.people.net.au (smtp.syd.people.net.au [218.214.225.98]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k718pcXd001431 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:51:39 +0200 Received: (qmail 2509 invoked from network); 1 Aug 2006 08:51:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO coltrane.mega-nerd.net) (218.214.64.136) by smtp.syd.people.net.au with SMTP; 1 Aug 2006 08:51:50 -0000 Received: from coltrane (coltrane [192.168.1.101]) by coltrane.mega-nerd.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 066E27B67 for ; Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:51:37 +1000 (EST) Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 18:51:36 +1000 From: Erik de Castro Lopo To: caml-list@inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] ocaml support in autotools Message-Id: <20060801185136.d00b7077.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> In-Reply-To: <054b459f8307f928df4660099b19d65f@vistabella.de> References: <44CE2C74.4070607@inria.fr> <20060801181500.fcc23a70.mle+ocaml@mega-nerd.com> <054b459f8307f928df4660099b19d65f@vistabella.de> Organization: Erik Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.6 (GTK+ 2.8.18; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 44CF161D.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 44CF161A.001 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; ocaml:01 ocaml:01 lindig:01 autoconf:01 autoconf:01 libtool:01 wrote:01 caml-list:01 macros:01 alexander:03 shell:04 erik:04 erik:04 generated: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 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 +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "Crap can work. Given enough thrust pigs will fly, but it's not necessary a good idea." -- Alexander Viro on linux-kernel mailing list