Re: Meson build system

On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 08:38:57 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

Not strictly a Linux topic, but....
 

Yes, it is.

>
So I've used GNU Autotools for many many years (like since 2006 maybe?). But
for new project I decided to go with Meson.
>

I program only for myself and not for any grubbing corporation.
Thus, my projects can get by with just GNU Make.

But my personal projects often use bash to unite various C programs
into a coherent whole.  That is beyond the scope of any build
system like autotools or cmake.

Also, I am beginning to consider Tk/Tcl as a graphical alternative
to bash.  A great aid in development is vtcl:

https://vtcl.sourceforge.net/