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From: Chris Faylor <cgf AT cygnus DOT com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 13:17:00 -0400
To: cygwin AT sourceware DOT cygnus DOT com
Subject: Re: include incompatibilities
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In-Reply-To: <200007031336.PAA23582@mail.bln1.siemens.de>; from towo@computer.org on Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 03:36:35PM +0200

On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 03:36:35PM +0200, towo AT computer DOT org wrote:
>Chris Faylor also said:
>: You're talking about normal problems with porting software between various
>: systems.  This kind of thing is a fact of life that you have to live with.
>Certainly. But we should hope that everyone is striving to keep these 
>unproductive efforts to a minimum nowadays.
>
>: It's the reason for things like autoconf and MetaConfig.  Perhaps using
>: one of those two packages is the solution you're straining for.
>If only these were easy to handle - I gave up an attempt to use autoconf 
>for my software after I realized that just getting the basics would 
>require me several hours of study - or is there any HOWTO or rather 
>mini-HOWTO available for autoconf?

I have no idea.  Since many many many packages are autoconf'ed I don't
think that it can be that hard.  I usually just use some preexisting
package as a template.

cgf

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