autogen.sh / Now really fix old typo

Chris Shoemaker c.shoemaker at cox.net
Thu Oct 20 09:49:16 EDT 2005


On Thu, Oct 20, 2005 at 10:31:18AM +0200, Christian Stimming wrote:
> 
> Nevertheless this whole autogen.sh file is IMHO quite a mess. Personally 
> I would now prefer a much simplified version, e.g. like this one
> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/ktoblzcheck/ktoblzcheck/autogen.sh?rev=1.5&view=markup
> (happens to be committed by myself) and if any of these commands cannot 
> be found (which are all visible due to the -x argument), then leave it 
> up to the developer to set a correct PATH. Our long autogen.sh script 
> eventually doesn't do anything else than what this very short script 
> does. In any case we won't change the 1-8-branch anymore, but we might 
> consider something along these lines for the gnome2 branch.

I agree.  Another benefit of the simpler script is that it makes it
easier for the developer to understand the autotools.  The big
autogen.sh obscures important details and, for me at least, was an
impediment to actually learning what was happening.

The simpler script is more informative, easier to maintain, and will
probably work better, since if something goes wrong, it's much easier
for the dev to see how to fix it.

-chris


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