About configure (was: Re: [Axiom-developer] confusion over patch suggestion)

[David MENTRE]

Tim Daly <address@hidden> writes:

>  I'm fairly certain (but willing to be convinced) that "configure" is
> not going to work with the Axiom build (I read the docs, wrote an
> example, and abandoned the approach last year).

Having a "configure" script does not mean using autoconf and the like.

We could just have a _hand written_ configure.pamphlet that just setup
necessary environment en print a nice message:

"Please type:
  export AXIOM=/.../mnt/linux
and then type:
  make
You can now have a loooong coffee. :)"

Yours,
d.
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