autoconf/automake for linux/bsd

[lingo]

I got autotools working for this project. It compiles and links correctly. How do I contribute this code? There are half a dozen files, and it alpha quality, but I think I can polish it in a few days.

There is one remaining problem. Since I found out almost every major distributions packages mozilla js already. It simpler to installed the package instead of compiling by oneself. But some of the distributions change the name of library, or the include path, so I am still looking through documents on how to detected the variations automatically, but I think it a solvable problem.

I think we can compile in linux/bsd reliably pretty soon.

[Xuri]

For now you could send it to either myself (xuri # sensewave.com) or giwo (jowig_81 # yahoo.com) for inclusion on the CVS, but if the need is great, giwo can conjure up CVS write access.

[giwo]

Quite correct, we do not have an up-to-date autoconf script. Any old ones I might be able to dig up are just that, old and out of date (though if you'd like them I can attempt to find them for you.)

Any contribution in this area would be greatly welcome, the simple reality is I have not the time nor interest to get a linux environment going here just to make an autoconf script that nobody (or very few) would use. For that reason, anyone who uses linux (and thus knows it much better than me already ) could be a great help in this area.

[lingo]

Linux is tough, it not friendly at all . I have been playing various linux and bsd on and off for more than 6 years, it was not a pleasant experiences. There is so many things to learn and yet the documentation leave a lot to be desired. Software changes fast, so the howto and faq is often out of date and incomplete.

But linux really does come a long way. It still not newbie friendly, but I am proficiently enough to be able to do something now. I stick through it all because I believe *nix is really good for server stuff(it not bad for desktop now). I like UOX3, so I want to develop it on linux. So even though autoconf/automake is buggy, and hard to learn. I finally got it working.

The files is on your way.