Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!weretis.net!feeder5.news.weretis.net!talisker.lacave.net!lacave.net!not-for-mail From: Justin Collins Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby Subject: Re: [RubyInstaller] Bounty Request: small sample autoconf-like app/lib Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:33:34 -0500 Organization: Service de news de lacave.net Lines: 38 Message-ID: <4DBA77C4.5060401@ucla.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: bristol.highgroove.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: talisker.lacave.net 1304066056 51452 65.111.164.187 (29 Apr 2011 08:34:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@lacave.net NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:34:16 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: X-Received-From: This message has been automatically forwarded from the ruby-talk mailing list by a gateway at comp.lang.ruby. If it is SPAM, it did not originate at comp.lang.ruby. Please report the original sender, and not us. Thanks! For more details about this gateway, please visit: http://blog.grayproductions.net/categories/the_gateway X-Mail-Count: 382373 X-Ml-Name: ruby-talk X-Rubymirror: Yes X-Ruby-Talk: <4DBA77C4.5060401@ucla.edu> Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.ruby:3688 On 04/27/2011 02:30 PM, Luis Lavena wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 6:18 PM, Nikolai Weibull wrote: >> On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 22:07, Luis Lavena 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