Re: [AD] build process overhaul

[Jon Rafkind <workmin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Elias Pschernig wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 09:15 +0000, Peter Hull wrote:
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> > I don't know scons but does it also replace the ./configure part of 
> > autotools, or just the makefile?
> >
> > Also I have been looking at Jam a bit more. It looks good but the 
> > documentation is rather sparse so it will be a while before I could 
> > build anything as complicated as Allegro.
> >
> >    
>
> It will replace also autoconf. That is, there may be a way to keep using
> autoconf, initially that could be an advantage.
>
>  
Im pretty sure SCons can replace configure as well. There is a Configure 
object that easily parses things like 'foo-config --libs'. Ive seen some 
emails on the SCons list about replacing ./configure with SCons as well.