Cmake among others has effectively replaced autotools. It's FAR easier to deal with, cross platform, fast, will build makefiles, visual studio solutions, and X-code, and supports testing and other things.
There are some other ones around too like Scons, but the point is, anyone starting a new project now with autotools is a dolt or a masochist or both.
Autotools is dead. Let's let it be buried in peace, please.
I've just recently been in the situation of selecting a build system for a project with an existing codebase. I looked at the obvious alternatives, including cmake.
In the end, I chose autotools.
When you're doing a non-trivial project, cmake doesn't become any less complicated than autoconf and automake anymore - if your build is complex, you have to deal with that complexity somewhere after all. And there's a lot more and better resources for using autotools than cmake around, for figuring out odd corner ca
Autotools do not need a book (Score:5, Insightful)
... they should be replaced by something else.
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They have been.
Cmake among others has effectively replaced autotools. It's FAR easier to deal with, cross platform, fast, will build makefiles, visual studio solutions, and X-code, and supports testing and other things.
There are some other ones around too like Scons, but the point is, anyone starting a new project now with autotools is a dolt or a masochist or both.
Autotools is dead. Let's let it be buried in peace, please.
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I've just recently been in the situation of selecting a build system for a project with an existing codebase. I looked at the obvious alternatives, including cmake.
In the end, I chose autotools.
When you're doing a non-trivial project, cmake doesn't become any less complicated than autoconf and automake anymore - if your build is complex, you have to deal with that complexity somewhere after all. And there's a lot more and better resources for using autotools than cmake around, for figuring out odd corner ca
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In case you didn't notice, the article you linked to was written by the same guy who wrote the book being reviewed, John Calcote.
Re:Autotools do not need a book (Score:1)
"In case you didn't notice, the article you linked to was written by the same guy who wrote the book being reviewed, John Calcote."
Ah, you're right. Time to buy that book, then.