[Zlib-devel] [PATCH] configure: now accepting all gnu-style path options

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday, July 23, 2010 06:07:08 Enrico Weigelt wrote:
> * Alon Bar-Lev <alon.barlev at gmail.com> schrieb:
> > Easier to use autoconf, than fixing this configure script over and over
> > :)
> 
> No, it's not. We already had this topic often enough.
> 
> Going onto the autoconf route has _a lot_ of implications we most
> like don't want. Autoconf is very bloatet and has a long, long
> history of ugly breaks, especially when it comes to not-so-common
> cases like crosscompiling (which actually is the _standard_ in my
> daily business ;-o).

this is pure fud.  autotools in general do a hell of a better job supporting 
cross-compiling out of the box than random home grown build systems.

the only cross-compiling issue worth mentioning is libtool, but (1) it isnt 
hard to work around in practice and (2) it isnt relevant to zlib.

not that i'm proposing zlib change to autotools ... what ive gathered is the 
zlib devs arent interested which means i'm not going to waste my time on 
pushing the issue.
-mike
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