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Subject: Re: setup changes to build standalone
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From: Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke AT gnu DOT org>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 10:18:42 +0200
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"Robert Collins" <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au> writes:

> Heh. The main things I get from automake is
> a) make dist. I _love_ this so much it ain't funny.

If you're willing to depend on gnu make features, make dist is no
rocket science.

Because of the horrors of automake, we've implemented a sane set of
make rules, mainly for LilyPond, that has all these features and allows

> e) non-recursive makefiles of a reasonable size.

a make file for a library or executable typically about 10 lines long.


Jan.

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