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Isaac Jones wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Sven Panne <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:Sven.Panne@aedion.de"><Sven.Panne@aedion.de></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">I'd really be happy to learn how the problems mentioned above could be solved
without autotools or basically re-inventing autotools, seriously. I hate
writing obscure lines in M4 and sh probably as much as you do, but I can't
see a viable alternative. Rewriting all this stuff (plus all the utilities
used in the macros!) in Haskell doesn't look very attractive and realistic...
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I should point out that re-inventing autotools has never been a goal
of Cabal. We do work to detect a few things, like the ghc version and
such, but I don't see this expanding into a reimplementation of
autotools. We have the ability to interface with autotools, though,
which I think is appropriate.
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I didn't intend to say or imply anything about Cabal and autoconf.<br>
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Sorry about any confusion.<br>
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I was talking about autoconf in general. I argued (still arguing <span
class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span> ) that autoconf
is not the best way to handle platform variations. Sven argued that,
if I did use my concept, I'd end up reimplementing autoconf. (I still
don't buy this. <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span>
)<br>
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Again, sorry for any confusion; personally, sorry for being unclear.<br>
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Seth<br>
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Sven: It is probably a good idea to take this to it's own thread.<br>
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Seth<br>
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<pre wrap="">peace,
isaac
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