Re: [gnome-love] Things that make you go "What in the world is That?!?"

[Ed Mack <lists edmack com>]

> (Depending on which tools you are referring too, I was also new to some
> of them when I started, though I was familiar with others...)
>
> Can I ask you the same questions as Geiregat?  Which gnu building tools
> are you referring to (gcc, make, auto*, etc.)?  And, which of those do
> you believe are important for the beginner to know?

I can compile, link with gcc - Essentially everything I need to do and
no more. For more advanced things such as optimisation I am unsure.

make - I can use this fine, although writing the files isn't always fun
:)

auto* - This is where my weakness lies, that part of the toolchain is an
enigma to me. I can watch ./configure do its work, but have no idea how
to use it or what it could do for me (ignoring my vauge folk beliefs :) 

Ed