Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux

On Sun, 17 Nov 2024 17:17:37 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

Never underestimate the value of a few printf()s
sprinkled here and there (or log file writes if you're really headless).

I don’t really see that much difference. On *nix systems, service managers
can redirect stdout or stderr to logfiles anyway, so I can run my code
directly from a terminal for testing, and then in the background via a
service definition for production use, without having to make any code
changes.

I'm still a fan of makefiles.

Automated build scripts certainly. Ninja seems to be a common alternative
to make nowadays. But you need a higher-level wrapper to generate the
control files: e.g. Autotools, Meson, CMake etc.