[darcs-users] down with autoconf

[Karel Gardas]

Zooko,

what's exactly your issue with autoconf? Doesn't simple debugging
messages spread all over the code work for you? At least they worked for
me so far so I'm curious...

Thanks,
Karel

zooko wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> I just spent an entire workday (when I probably should have been  
> doing other things) trying to make the darcs autoconf/configure  
> scripts do the Right Thing on Windows.  I now have to join the ranks  
> of people who complain loudly that autoconf is absolute hell to debug  
> or extend.
> 
> Hopefully I will be able to provide something more specific and  
> constructive later, but at the moment I am too overwhelmed with the  
> awful feeling that I just wasted a chunk of my life and made no  
> discernable progress towards my goal.
> 
> If I'm to be responsible for a certain amount of darcs support going  
> forwards, for example building darcs on Windows, then please allow me  
> to vote in favor of us at least exploring the option of an  
> alternative to autoconf.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Zooko
> 
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