From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AC2923DA9 for ; Wed, 19 Jun 2024 08:51:11 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5987C436A5; Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:51:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: from freefriends.org (frenzy.freefriends.org [198.99.81.75]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F3E2C4366A for ; Wed, 19 Jun 2024 16:51:00 +1000 (AEST) X-Envelope-From: arnold@skeeve.com Received: from freefriends.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefriends.org (8.16.1/8.16.1) with ESMTPS id 45J6osAN902067 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:50:54 -0600 Received: (from arnold@localhost) by freefriends.org (8.16.1/8.14.7/Submit) id 45J6orc7902066; Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:50:53 -0600 From: arnold@skeeve.com Message-Id: <202406190650.45J6orc7902066@freefriends.org> X-Authentication-Warning: frenzy.freefriends.org: arnold set sender to arnold@skeeve.com using -f Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:50:53 -0600 To: tuhs@tuhs.org, luther.johnson@makerlisp.com References: <87msnl4ew0.fsf@gmail.com> <87iky84c23.fsf@gmail.com> <20240617012531.GE12821@mcvoy.com> <0e6792ed-65b0-e2e1-8159-6426a7f15a8d@riddermarkfarm.ca> <9f9db0d2-8a6a-26cc-a0ba-b6fc5d6474cb@makerlisp.com> In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Heirloom mailx 12.5 7/5/10 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID-Hash: 4NKHLNQZMGSC2MX3377VBRUGAHGVSVMA X-Message-ID-Hash: 4NKHLNQZMGSC2MX3377VBRUGAHGVSVMA X-MailFrom: arnold@skeeve.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Luther Johnson wrote: > and I can't really see what CMake does for me that I > can't do for myself. I suspect that it's biggest advantage is that the same (set of) CMake input files can produce Makefiles, config files for Visual Studio, and also for Apple's IDE / build system. I also don't like it; it mixes system configuration with build dependencies and is ugly and hard to learn. But that's a separate issue. Arnold