What are the differences between Autotools, Cmake and Scons?
In truth, Autotools’ only real ‘saving grace’ is that it is what all the GNU projects are largely using. Issues with Autotools: Truly ARCANE m4 macro syntax combined with verbose, twisted shell scripting for tests for “compatibility”, etc. If you’re not paying attention, you will mess up cross-compilation ability (It should clearly be noted that … Read more