RE: installation convention (include & libs)

[Paul Bleisch <PBleisch@...>]

I would have to agree with Nick.  In my experience building
software that uses autoconf and automake can be a pain when
automake and autoconf are not available.  Even with the 
.generic files things can go wrong.  

As it stands, Lua is one of a *very* few systems (tools, libs,
etc...) that comes in source form that I can rely on to build
with virtually zero work regardless of platform.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan Watson [mailto:alan@xaratanga.astrosmo.unam.mx]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 11:25 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: Re: installation convention (include & libs)
> 
> 
> > Please don't do this.
> > 
> > As it stands you can download and make lua on virtually any 
> platform,
> > regardless of whether or not the gnu tools have been ported to it.
> > 
> > Nick Hesketh.
> 
> But you could anyway. If the GNU tools are not available,
> you simply have to:
> 
>     cp config.h.generic config.h
>     cp Makefile.generic Makefile
>     [edit config.h and Makefile]
>     make
> 
> Obviously, the maintainers have to provide the .generic
> files.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Alan
> -- 
> Dr Alan Watson
> Instituto de Astronomía UNAM
>