Re: [Gnu-arch-users] make vs ?

[Phil Frost]

Not related to arch, but SCons <http://www.scons.org/> is good.

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 04:15:10PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
> I am just starting to reach the point where something more than shell
> scripts will likely be useful to me, in my build process.
> 
> I currently have 9 scripts, like build, build-media-jar, clean, etc.
> 
> There is now a little bit of overlap, and some common idioms arising in
> these scripts (test for file/dir existence, create if needed) that are
> clearly intended to be served well/ more consistently by make.
> 
> So, I've been hearing snippets of 'pika' and other things that may
> 'one day' provide alternative(s) to make.
> 
> Any ideas at all (besides When it's ready) when this stuff might be
> explored?
> 
> My point is, if it is let's say in the next few months, I'd consider
> holding out and living with my scripts a little longer;
> alternatively, recommendations for anything better;
> alternatively, I'll start to learn GNU Make.
> 
> I've looked (barely) at ant (Java), however the XML config/ script seems
> to be a little, ... verbose. If someone can compare make with ant, that
> would be useful.
> 
> tia
> zen