Re: Potentially Predatory Pre-Announcement of Possible Vaporware (zinq-djbdns-0.01)
"Charles Cazabon" <[email protected]>
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Mark Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Speaking of rants...I haven't found the djb autoconf/autotool rant, > either. It's not a rant, but he posted this to the qmail list in August 1999: > Also note that Dan is reinventing parts of autoconf in his build process; Well, actually, autoconf is reinventing ideas that were popularized by the sysconf tool in my yabbawhap package in comp.sources.unix in early 1991. But don't allow the historical facts to cloud your judgment. :-) --D. J. Bernstein djb's build system predates autoconf. The fact that it's far simpler to use is merely an added bonus. Charles -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://pyropus.ca/software/ -----------------------------------------------------------------------