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.
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.
Re:Autotools do not need a book (Score:3, Insightful)
If that were true you wouldn't have needed to say it
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The efficient markets hypothesis as applied to software. If it was better, we'd already use it!
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Yeah really... has netcraft confirmed it?