Autotools
by John Calcote · first published 2009
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by John Calcote · first published 2009
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I bought this book on autotools a few years ago which demystified it a bunch. https://www.amazon.com/Autotools-Practioners-Autoconf-Automa... Basically all of the decisions are based on decades of trying to support ever more features,…
on “Why CMake sucks (2021)” ↗I also highly recommend John Calcote's book "Autotools" from no starch press: https://nostarch.com/autotools2e Probably the best technical book I bought in the last year. After the lecture, I have put aside all whispered-in prejudices and am convinced that…
on “GNU Autotools: A Tutorial [pdf]” ↗There is a really great book for everyone who seriously wants to learn autotools: Autotools: a practitioner's guide to GNU Autoconf, Automake, and Libtool / by John Calcote (2nd edition from 2020) This is not specific to Autotools, but I like learning from well-structured books written…
on “Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing the GNU Autotools” ↗