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Help request for Linux/autotools build tools port #23

Open barak opened 6 days ago

barak commented 6 days ago

I've been keeping the autotools branch going, to make ivtools build on Debian GNU/Linux and presumably other platforms. The imake stuff seems to have drifted enough that I can't get it to build with that anymore either.

Could I trouble someone on a platform where the imake system works (Mac OS, I'd assume) to make a script of a successful build, and paste it in this issue? That might be helpful for getting the kinks worked out of autotools in 2.1+.

vectaport commented 2 days ago

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Barak,

Thanks for your autotools work, and good luck with it. It's a lot of work keeping this stable C++ project working as year after year the environment it requires changes in non-backward compatible ways (the language, the compilers, the libraries). But I can still build ivtools with its autoconf/imake set-up, so I'm glad I didn't jettison it for autotools which I understand less and have even less mastery or control over.

Scott