Re: [RubyInstaller] Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib

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From	Justin Collins <justincollins@ucla.edu>
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Subject	Re: [RubyInstaller] Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib
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On 04/27/2011 02:30 PM, Luis Lavena wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Nikolai Weibull<now@bitwi.se>  wrote:
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 22:07, Luis Lavena<luislavena@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> While I could have learned autoconf myself (with LOT of time), the
>>> size of any of the packages I autoconf-based packages are huge
>>> compared to what I need, making things really hard for me (everybody
>>> knows that I'm lazy)
>> I would suggest that you read
>>
>> http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/books/autotools_a_guide_to_autoconf_automake_libtool
>>
>> it’s a great book and it contains more or less all the information
>> that you will ever need on the autotools.
>>
> Thank you Nikolai,
>
> Actually I remember reading it not long ago. Is not a matter of
> completely not knowing, but is a matter of time constrains.
>
> As I mentioned (and you kindly quoted): I'm, very lazy, everybody
> knows that about me.
>
> If I need to do something twice, I automate it.
>
> While I can sit, read and learn the whole toolset, I rather prefer be
> more proficient in other aspects.
>
> But thank you for the link, perhaps someone interested in learning
> this can take advantage of it.
>
> Regards,

Given your many contributions to the community, I think it's fine if you 
want to let someone else handle this one :)

-Justin

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Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com> - 2011-04-27 15:07 -0500
  Re: Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-27 16:11 -0500
    Re: Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com> - 2011-04-27 16:56 -0700
      Re: Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Brian Candler <b.candler@pobox.com> - 2011-04-28 02:18 -0500
        Re: Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com> - 2011-04-28 07:49 -0700
  Re: [RubyInstaller] Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Nikolai Weibull <now@bitwi.se> - 2011-04-27 16:20 -0500
    Re: [RubyInstaller] Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Luis Lavena <luislavena@gmail.com> - 2011-04-27 16:30 -0500
      Re: [RubyInstaller] Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Justin Collins <justincollins@ucla.edu> - 2011-04-29 03:33 -0500

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