[yp_all]

"You (presumably) and I have beaten ourselves into submission to the Linux style; the authors' haven't."

An awakening!

Is it really so terrible to have things compile quickly and without the usual ./configure nonsense? It seems there are an infinite number of ways an author can organise her project using ./configure; for every one I have to spend time figuring out what they have done.

One of my favourite aspects of djb's build approach (which is what is being used here) is that it's easier (than with the popular build systems) to change compiler and linker options and make static binaries: in most cases, simple edit the conf-* files. Thankfully, authors who use djb's approach usually do not vary much from the model. This means less time spent figuring out how things are organised.

I like (portable) open source software that compiles quickly and cleanly.

djb has continued to deliver on this point.

Nice to see someone discovering this build system for the first time.

[lmz]

I'm just curious, where does the parent post mention anything about the build system? The "Linux style" referred to there seems to be the Linux code style, not "configure".

[dima55]

On top of that "configure" has nothing to do with Linux.