Re: x.org dropped imake, now what is the best way to convert existing Imakefile so it can be used with automake et all?

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Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> All my X windows applications use imake (Imakefile and xmkmf).
> I have read somewhere that in the latest X release from X.org
> imake is no longer supported, and automake should be used.
> That would for require me to release versions for that.
> What is the shortest path to go from an imake file to a makefile
> or whatever (I dunno) that automake uses?

Write a Makefile.am, and configure.ac. Depending upon the complexity
of your imakefile, writing them from scratch may be in order, but you
can of course copy over make rules if needed. autoscan will generate
the initial template for you.

Take a look at other autotools-using packages, and you'll quickly pick
it up. And folks here are familiar with them, too.

> And why do they create this incompatibility? Imake worked just fine
> (at least for me), and was very simple to use.

It is specific to the X build tree, and isn't as good as
autoconf/make. It hasn't cut it for quite a long time. It's also
hindered folks from hacking on X--learning a new tool just to hack on
a single project is not a good use of anyone's time. For better or
worse, autoconf/make are the de-facto standard in today's world. They
are what the majority of developers are familiar with.


Regards,
Roger

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