[TUHS] Version 256 of systemd boasts '42% less Unix philosophy' The Register

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi,

Luther Johnson:
> And when I have to debug or change something about the build, it's
> MUCH easier to work with makefiles and build scripts than it is to
> extend configure scripts, or extend a build-specification in
> a build-tool-specific language.  In my experience, so far.

Eric Raymond recently started autodafe which chews over autotools'
inputs and outputs to simplify its use or help move away from it to an
editable makefile.
https://gitlab.com/esr/autodafe/-/blob/master/README.adoc

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Cheers, Ralph.