Is there something else but Automake?

[Magnus Therning]

I am currently using Automake to make distributable tar-balls of my
application. Is there something else (hopefully better) that I can use?

I use the following functionality of Automake:

- Modification of sources at build time for things like paths and
version numbers.
- Building an archive suitable for distributing both to people who are
interested in contributing and to people who are just using it.
- Installation of the application.

/M

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[Miki Tebeka]

Hello Magnus,

I am currently using Automake to make distributable tar-balls of my
application. Is there something else (hopefully better) that I can use?

You might want to have a look at SCons (http://www.scons.org).
Great tool and written in Python, you can also use any Python code inside
the configuration files.

Bye.

 

[Magnus Therning]

Hello Magnus,

You might want to have a look at SCons (http://www.scons.org). Great
tool and written in Python, you can also use any Python code inside
the configuration files.

Yes, I already know of SCons. There are quite a few things missing from
it though since it is a build tool mostly, and a configuration tool to
some extent, it explicitly isn't a distribution tool. I guess I'd have
to do a bit of work myself in order to get it to behave the way I want
it :-(

/M

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