Re: top-level make file?

[Russell Nelson <nelson crynwr com>]

Mark Galassi writes:
 > 
 > Warning: do not do what's below!!!

Well excuse me if I read the README file!  It says:

"To compile everything just run the MAKE script or the MAKE.IMAKE script."

 > There's a hacking file in there.  Now in imlib you just do
 > 
 > aclocal
 > automake --add-missing
 > autoconf
 > ./configure

Oh, you mean I have to run a program which enables me to run a program
which enables me to run a program which enables me to run a program
which enables me to run a program just so that I can install imlib?

What's wrong with this picture?  Is ``make'' passe or something?  If I 
want to build qmail on any system, I unpack the .tar file and say
``make''.

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