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From: meo@stiatl.UUCP (Miles O'Neal)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: NON-Stupid Imake question
Keywords: fun with imake
Message-ID: <3462@stiatl.UUCP>
Date: 1 Mar 89 15:07:38 GMT
Organization: Sales Technologies Inc., Atlanta, GA
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In article <8902282128.aa17018@SPARK.BRL.MIL> phil@BRL.MIL (Phil Dykstra) writes:
>For those of you that still avoid Imakefiles, I point out that you
>almost ALWAYS have to edit a Makefile to successfully install new
>software, but almost NEVER have to edit Imakefiles.

I beg to differ. A WELL-done Makefile needs little or no editing.
The problem of course is that so few Makefiles that we see are well
done. Almost none of the Imakefiles I have gotten from the net
have been usable without editing at least 1 line, some have required
several. Imake is not a panacea - you still have to think, design,
and implement with knowledge & undersatanding of the issues to get
Imakefiles to work as advertised.

>Try it, you'll like it.

I must admit, they generally take much LESS editing, on average...

>- Phil

-Miles
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