Re: Autotools build system

>> loads one module.  You name a file, complete with extension,
>> which is ".so" on Linux, ".dll" on MS-windows.  I want to add a
>> feature that lets you load a directory, which means all modules
>> in that directory, or if there is a Makefile to run make then
>> load all modules in that directory.
>
> Loading an entire plugin directory makes a lot of sense.  Libtool(libltdl) 
> should do exactly what we need (hide the complexity of different dynamic 
> loading mechanisms and library types -- crossplatform).
>
> But dynamically running a Makefile?  For what purpose?  Let us assume the 
> average user's machine, especially Windows, doesn't have gmake let alone a C 
> compiler.

Hmm, just-in-time model compilation for gnucap?  Could be nifty.  :)
If the user happens to have a compiler/make installed this could be 
facilitated with a boilerplate Makefile.  This would be an optional 
feature, of course.

Fang

David Fang
http://www.csl.cornell.edu/~fang/
http://www.achronix.com/