Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: New and improved version of cdecl Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:59:03 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 24 Message-ID: <874irj20lk.fsf@example.invalid> References: <87bjlyobts.fsf@example.invalid> <10dbvqs$12d0f$1@dont-email.me> <10dd0fj$1jbcv$1@dont-email.me> <87jz0l2pal.fsf@example.invalid> <10dei5s$28h93$1@dont-email.me> <8734792h4y.fsf@example.invalid> <10dfusd$2k0q4$1@dont-email.me> <10dgdc7$2of3m$1@dont-email.me> <10dghp5$2q30g$1@dont-email.me> <87h5vo1276.fsf@example.invalid> <10dgtvv$2tkdu$1@dont-email.me> <10dkesj$3r64j$1@dont-email.me> <10dl0g9$3venf$1@dont-email.me> <10dmk77$egg1$1@dont-email.me> <10dnprf$qmrg$1@dont-email.me> <87h5vk13yq.fsf@example.invalid> <20251027134847.610@kylheku.com> <878qgv27gt.fsf@example.invalid> <10dp8pd$1fd7u$4@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 02:59:05 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="488eefec226f97f8133c21c3b37ec947"; logging-data="1595968"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18eeWaAT+U5r19UH5x+ACJ/" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:2449c0Ryf0YMgEasz5s22Fb81uY= sha1:7mkKEnyscqD1hcc9UWxbVZpbCKk= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:394852 "Chris M. Thomasson" writes: > On 10/27/2025 5:30 PM, Keith Thompson wrote: > [...] > >> I can imagine either an enhanced version of the GNU autotools, >> or a new set of tools similar to it, that could support building >> software from source on Windows. > > https://vcpkg.io/en/packages?query= > > Not bad, well for me, for now. Builds like a charm, so far. > > [...] Looks interesting, but I don't think it's quite what I was talking about (based on about 5 minutes browsing the website). It seems to emphasize C and C++ *libraries* rather than applications. And I don't see that it can be used to build an existing autotools-based package (like, say, cdecl) on Windows. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */