Re: [Caml-list] Automake support for OCaml

[Tom Murray <yozhik@computer.org>]

> You plan to use ocamlfind only at install time, right? Why not
> supporting it also at compile time? I'm thinking about something like:

I hadn't fully thought about it, but you're right that I should use it 
at compile and link time, tool.


> CAML_PACKAGES = unix pcre
>
> Surely you can do the same using yours CAML_LDADD in conjunction with
> "ocamlfind query", but it will be harder to use and less intuitive.

_PACKAGES sounds good. I'll add it on a per-makefile and per-target 
basis.


> It shouldn't be a major change, should it?

No, and you're making me think I should just tackle the install stuff, 
too and get it over with. I do want to make things work without 
ocamlfind, too, though.


> Thanks for your work
> from an ocaml user that
> has fought a lot with
> automake in the past :-(

Yes, so many times I want to abandon the autotools for their messiness, 
but they always turn out to be _so_ convenient. I have yet to see a 
make replacement that is as flexible.

Cheers,

tm

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