Re:Show HN: Minimal build system using just /bin/sh
by majewsky on Friday August 18, 2017 @03:47AM
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> For example with make you have `./configure` files, do I also have them here?
The concept of `./configure` is 100% orthogonal to Makefiles. You can have Makefiles without `./configure`, and you can have `./configure` that outputs something other than a Makefile. For example, I could easily imagine a `./configure` that prints a shell script like the one in the submission.
The concept of `./configure` is 100% orthogonal to Makefiles. You can have Makefiles without `./configure`, and you can have `./configure` that outputs something other than a Makefile. For example, I could easily imagine a `./configure` that prints a shell script like the one in the submission.