autoconf trouble

[Enrico Weigelt]

* Enrico Weigelt <weigelt at metux.de> wrote:
> * Shawn Starr <shawn.starr at rogers.com> wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> > Exactly why is Automake not easier then bloating things with XML? 
> > I like to hand edit my .am files without worrying about missing > or /'s.
> 
> Because it's not an strict declarative model.
> m4 is an powerful macro-language. much too powerful for that.
> And obviously autoconf does not work *reliably*.

BTW: if it's just XML you dislike ... 
Well, it was just an example presentation. 

We actually don't need any nested structures here - a plain propertylist 
does it all. So we could ie. also write:


    ## build info for libXdmcp
    @STYLE:		plain-library
    library-name:	Xdmcp
    import:		xproto
    description:	X Display Manager Control Protocol Library
    library-version:	0.1.0.0

    ## public includes are exported to other packages and 
    ## thus installed under $(includedir)
    public-include:	X11/Xdmcp.h	
    public-include:	X11/Xdmcpconf.h

    ## c-source files.
    source:		AA8.c(lang=c) 
    source:		A8Eq.c(lang=c)

    ...
    

That's actually also the model I use as package configuration for
my fully automated distro-builder system ...


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