Comment by edoceo
Write your own configure? For an internal project, where much is under domain control, sure. But for the 1000s of projects trying to multi-plarform and/or support flavours/versions - oh gosh.
Write your own configure? For an internal project, where much is under domain control, sure. But for the 1000s of projects trying to multi-plarform and/or support flavours/versions - oh gosh.
>Also in 2025 most packages are tailored for the operating system by packagers - not the original authors.
No? Most operating systems don't have a separate packager. They have the developer package the application.
Yes? Each operating system is very different and almost every package has patches or separate install scripts.
It depends on how much platform specific stuff you are trying to use. Also in 2025 most packages are tailored for the operating system by packagers - not the original authors.
Autotools is going to check every config from the past 50 years.