Subject: Re: pkgsrc on SMP machines
To: None <segv@netctl.net>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@cs.stevens.edu>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 12/15/2005 22:46:58
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 segv@netctl.net wrote:
> Basically what I propose is to take a package, rip out GNU autoconf, automake
> and similar crap and replace it with custom made rules and Makefiles. This
> would be a unified framework for building software, not just a wrapper around
> someone elses Makefiles.

Touching every package at that level is of course a no-go.
My guess (hope) is that things work mostly well with automake, actually.
After all, I doubt pkgsrc is the only place where this is an issue.


  - Hubert