Hello, On Tue, 14 Aug 2012, David C. Rankin wrote:
However, instead of embracing FHS, the opensource community created libtool, automake, etc...
Whooopsie there, David, autotools and libtool are quite a bit older than the FHS! The FHS is for linux, autotools and libtool are for linux, basically all unices still out there (including Darwin), Win, and a bunch of othere OSes I've never heard of ;) And yes: I did once unpack the wget-tarball on winders with a cygwin bash (IIRC) and M$ compilers etc. ./configure, (n?)make and just put the wget.exe somewhere in %PATH%. -dnh -- A common mistake that people make, when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -- Douglas Adams - Mostly Harmless -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org