Re: More psiconv woes


Subject: Re: More psiconv woes
From: Frodo Looijaard (frodol@dds.nl)
Date: Mon Jan 22 2001 - 13:40:03 CST


Dom Lachowicz wrote:
>
> Mike Nordell>> We support platforms that don't have autoconf.
> Sam TH> No we don't. Wv uses autoconf. And we will too, once I get it
> Sam TH> working. What platforms do you think it doesn't work on?
>
> You don't need autoconf to build these things - all autoconf does is
> determine some platform and build specific values to help ease portability.

So, if I may summarize:
  * Either you use the `normal' Makefiles which come with AbiWord. If so,
    you need a Unix-like environment (because many Unix commands are
    used in the Makefiles). If you use these Makefiles, you can also use
    autoconf (it needs about the same set of Unix commands)
  * Alternatively, you use another build system. Such build systems
    are specific for a certain architecture/OS. In those cases, it is
    not difficult to figure out what the autoconf-settings should be
    for your architecture/OS, create the right config.h file and
    (depending on the use of autoconf) other substitutions, and
    adapt it to your own build system. That is, it is not much more
    difficult than analyzing Makefiles, and may even be a lot easier.

So, unless I have simplified this too much, I really don't see any
objection to using autoconf. Granted, it won't work for platforms which
are radically non-Unix-like, but then, the rest of the Makefiles won't
work either, so you have your work cut out anyway.

Thanks,
  Frodo

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