[Bf-committers] configure.in et. al. missing from CVS

[John K. Walton]

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004, Gregor [iso-8859-1] M=FCck wrote:

> Please revive autoconf. This system is better than you probably realized.=
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> know that it is not trouble-free (esp. writing a good configure script is=
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> pain). But it is more flexible than any other build system out there. And=
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> there are people who depend on this flexibility.

better yet stick with makefiles, at they ALWAYS worked on ALL platforms
from day one.
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> Gregor
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> On Monday 23 February 2004 12:21, Nathan Letwory wrote:
> > Yes, the autoconf system has been removed. (See the commit log of
> > 2004/02/15 20:40:45 CET). SCons is the new dogma now :)
> >
> > /Nathan
> >
> > Gregor M=FCck wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I can no longer build blender because these files are missing in CVS =
as
> > > of now. Why were they removed in the first place? Was autoconf/automa=
ke
> > > finally replaced? This is bad because I almost was able to cross-comp=
ile
> > > blender, thanks to the support from automake and friends (I was as fa=
r as
> > > the final linking step). As far as I know SCons has no cross-compilat=
ion
> > > support at all, which leaves me in a pretty bad situation right now w=
ith
> > > all the work for nothing.
> > >
> > > Gregor
> >
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