Re: Tired of make.

[korbb@egcs.cygnus.com]

> MDJ> I think it would be good to replace
> 
> MDJ> autoconf
> MDJ> and autoheader
> MDJ> and aclocal
> MDJ> and automake
> MDJ> and libtool
> MDJ> and sh
> MDJ> and all auxiliary scripts
> MDJ> and make
> 
> MJD> with one Guile-based tool + a set of databases.
> 
> Amen to that!
> 
> It seems to me that libtool, in particular, is in need of a rewrite.
> Thousands of lines of incomprehensible shell code.  <argh>
> 
> It's already common to require GNU make, so there's precedent for
> requiring the user to install a tool for building things.

It is also commonly reviled.  I _also_ build tools under
SVR4/5.  There is an excellent development tool set that
includes a Posix compliant make facility.  It is completely
fine as a build tool.  I do not _want_ to have to use special
makes just because someone finds it a tiny bit easier to
use GNU bells and whistles.  Please, minimize interdependencies!!
Thank you.  :-)