Re: [MinGW-dvlpr] Use automake for mingw-runtime?

[Christopher F. <me...@cg...>]

On Sun, Nov 14, 2004 at 04:51:44PM -0600, Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
>Aaron W. LaFramboise wrote:
>
>> Would there be any problem using automake to generate Makefile.in for
>> mingw-runtime?
>> 
>> The reason I'm asking is that it makes maintaining dejagnu rules easier,
>> and probably other rules as well.
>
>I've decided not to do this, as it looks like it would the amount of
>work it would take to get it right--and the risk of causing problems--is
>not worth the benefit, in this case.
>
>I've just created the dejagnu rules by hand, which should work just
>fine, if less elegant.
>
>If someone later finds a good reason to convert to automake, I might be
>willing to help.  Send me email if so.

FWIW, I've looked at this from time to time myself.

I always come to two conclusions 1) it would be hard and 2) I hate all
of the autotools.

cgf