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Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0
From: Jan Stary <hans () stare cz>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:26:07 +0200
On Jul 23 13:30:55, guy () alum mit edu wrote:
On Jul 23, 2018, at 1:04 PM, Jan Stary <hans () stare cz> wrote:From both a sysadmin and user perspective, I find the GNU autotools amd CMake a major annoyance. Would you please consider doing what e.g. http://mandoc.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/configure does?What advantage would it give us that would make it worth our effort?
A ./configure script like that is (in my experience) much more readable and writable, and about hundreds of times faster. It does not depend on autoconf, automake, m4, etc and does not require the user to install, to run, or to understand the GNU tools. The produced Makefile.* is a fraction of that produced by auto*. Please try it out, either with http://mandoc.bsd.lv/ or with e.g. https://github.com/columbia-irt/rtptools to see for yourself. Run ./configure and look at config.h and Makefile.*: clean, obvious code. To quote from http://mandoc.bsd.lv/cgi-bin/cvsweb/INSTALL : The mandoc package intentionally does not use GNU autoconf because we consider that toolset a blatant example of overengineering that is obsolete nowadays, since all modern operating systems are now reasonably close to POSIX and do not need arcane shell magic any longer. If your system does need such magic, consider upgrading to reasonably modern POSIX-compliant tools rather than asking for autoconf-style workarounds. If you decide to go that way, I am prepared to help with the effort. Jan _______________________________________________ tcpdump-workers mailing list tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org https://lists.sandelman.ca/mailman/listinfo/tcpdump-workers
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- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Michael Richardson (Jul 23)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Gert Doering (Jul 23)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Ray Bellis (Jul 23)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Dagobert Michelsen (Jul 23)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Jan Stary (Jul 23)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Dagobert Michelsen (Jul 23)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Denis Ovsienko (Jul 24)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Dagobert Michelsen (Jul 24)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Ray Bellis (Jul 23)
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- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Jan Stary (Jul 23)
- Re: [tcpdump-security] [libpcap] Problem with version 1.9.0 Gert Doering (Jul 23)