[Freeciv-Dev] Re: autoconf2.52 woes

[Raahul Kumar <raahul_da_man@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- "Per I. Mathisen" <Per.Inge.Mathisen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Side note: I am more and more disappointed by autoconf. It seems to have
> grown from a despicable collection of kludgey shell scripts into a
> godzilla monster of unreadable m4 macros generating shell scripts
> generating other shell scripts, cache directories, cache files, auxiliary
> files and whatnot. It is impossible to keep track of what it really does
> anymore.

Is there an alternative to autoconf? Everyone hates it, but I see no
replacement on the horizon.
 
> Frustrating. But if we can't fix it, we'll have to pull autoconf2.52
> support out again.

Please don't. With autoconf 2.52, all my annoying problems with compiling
disappear. With 2.13 I get a lot of problems. And sooner or later we have
to make the transition to 2.52 anyway. All the major distros have both. 

We don't want a rerun of my emails about SDL problems. I can't explain why
2.52 works and 2.13 doesn't for me.

> Yours,
> Per
> 
> "Humanity´s first sin was faith; the first virtue was doubt."

Aloha,
RK.

X windows:
        The ultimate bottleneck.
        Flawed beyond belief.
        The only thing you have to fear.

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