From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: torek@torek.net (Chris Torek)
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 14:00:05 -0700
Subject: [TUHS] Tools and building: libtool, autoconf,
	etc. [ trying to have a relevant subject line ]
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Sep 2017 16:32:41 -0400."
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Message-ID: <201709142100.v8EL05mL005253@elf.torek.net>

>Autoconf didn't originate with Gnu.   It was around longer than that
>(someone can probably remember, but I remember some of the netnews software
>using it long before RMS or LINUX got going).

It was not autoconf itself, but Larry Wall's configure scripts
were probably an (or "the") inspiration.

"Congratulations!  You're not running Eunice."

Chris