On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:49:59PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:36:25PM +0100, Joost van Baal wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 10:11:51PM +0100, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: > >> On Mon, Jan 12, 2004 at 03:09:28PM +0100, Jama Poulsen wrote: > > >>> - using the GNU autotools (automake, autoconf, libtools, etc.) > >>> for your projects > > >> I'm client for this one. Joost? > > > I can help someone autoconfiscating an existing project. > > Is autoconfiscating worth it for non-C programs, for languages that > have no portability issues? I use it for all my projects. Some contain only shell scripts, some only Perl scripts, some only documentation. Supporting the --prefix argument of ./configure with very little fuzz is useful always, I believe. Same for the ``dist'' and ``distcheck'' make targets. And ``make uninstall'': another useful thing. Having VERSION of the package available everywhere (as a macro) in the sources, and having to specify it just in one place. Being reminded to ship NEWS, ChangeLog, README, AUTHORS etc. Just reimplementing these in a robust way by hand generally takes more time than doing it with autotools. > > I am interested in learning guile. Anybody willing to help me get > > started? > > I have general basic Scheme knowledge. This would get you started. If > it is the interfacing with C you are interested in, I would be of no > help, but you need to learn the language first anyway. Looks like your help is just what I need :) Bye, Joost
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