[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: [Xen-devel] inclusion of figlet source
Keir Fraser wrote: > Using autoconf/automake would make sense for a highly portable > application that must compile on many platforms with many different > environments and compilers. For Xen I think it'll just complicate > things. We only support one arch at the moment -- as others are > incorporated they will extend compile.h manually for their own > compilation environment if it isn't GCC. The main thing that autoconf > does of course is shield you from environment differences (e.g. sysv > vs. bsd) -- but Xen never includes system headers so this is also a > non-issue.If anyone is thinking of changing the build system, I can highly recommend Jam. It handles stuff like dependency scanning and multi-directory builds much better than Make does, allows more portable build specifications, and unlike other modern Make-replacements it does not need a full language runtime (like Ant or Scons do) to run. Jacob ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xen-devel
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