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Re: Can a build system other than autotools be used?


On Mon, 31 Jul 2006, Bo Peng wrote:

> We are planning to submit lyx (www.lyx.org) to cygwin-apps. Although
> autotools is currently used as the primary build system, we have a
> scons based system that works better under cygwin, and may replace
> autotools in the future. Will cygwin accept a build system other than
> autotools? I ask this question since all instructions seem to be
> autotools specific.

Bo,

In the past, packages that used non-autotools builds were accepted into
the Cygwin distribution with few problems.  The only requirement is that
the packages should be buildable with things that are already in the
Cygwin distribution.  Since, AFAIK, scons isn't yet, you might want to ITP
scons before you ITP lyx.

HTH,
	Igor
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