Re: [ANNOUNCE] util-linux-ng 2.13-rc1

[Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>]

On 4 Jul 2007, DervishD stated:
>     Anyway, if you don't like mobs or you just don't want to try it,
> that's fine, but please don't use autotools, it doesn't make much sense
> for a linux only project, since you will be using only the "directory
> choosing" part of autotools. Maybe a hand made script will help (and I

Oh, yeah, great, another hand-rolled build system. That's *juwt* what
those of us who have autotools working well (with config.site's that
do all we need and then some) are looking forward to.

There are advantages to standardization, you know. A *lot* of
autobuilders know how to make autoconf-generated configure scripts jump
through hoops. I was downright *happy* when util-linux was
autoconfiscated: I could ditch the code to handle automatic
configuration of yet another one-package hand-rolled build system.

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