Re: [Tuxpaint-devel] [Fwd: Bug#300632: tuxpaint: FTBFS: Changed header files.]

[Albert C. <al...@us...>]

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 07:58 -0400, Ben Armstrong wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-03-22 at 20:14 -0500, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> > Huh? "proper autotools-based build system"??? That's an oxymoron.
> > (been there, done that, saw the light)
> 
> How do you propose to reliably handle the varying dependency needs
> across a broad number of platforms with ever-changing versions of
> dependencies and relationships between them?  I don't care which build
> system you use.  I'm just pointing out that hand-rolled systems break
> easily.  I believe that in tuxpaint it's a real problem that needs to be
> addressed sooner or later.

You'd have to provide a specific example.

Generally though, one uses what the C programming language
provides. This includes the sizeof operator, <limits.h> and
all the rest. C has these features for a reason you know!

What C can't handle alone is pretty rare. If you should
happen to encounter such a problem, try the $(shell FOO)
function in a Makefile.