From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Cristian_Rodr=EDguez?= Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/ext2fs/bitops.h: Use the optmized/documented byteswapping routines Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:33:31 -0300 Message-ID: <50F4254B.9040102@opensuse.org> References: <1358019145-2774-1-git-send-email-crrodriguez@opensuse.org> <20130114141356.GA12052@thunk.org> <20130114142005.GC12052@thunk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-oa0-f43.google.com ([209.85.219.43]:59704 "EHLO mail-oa0-f43.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756283Ab3ANPei (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:34:38 -0500 Received: by mail-oa0-f43.google.com with SMTP id k1so4078164oag.2 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:34:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20130114142005.GC12052@thunk.org> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 01/14/2013 11:20 AM, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > why bother using autoconf and automake For a very simple reason, fixing hand written makefiles is the number 1 burden in distribution mainteniance. Any autotools stuff provided is always better and causes less pain than ad-hoc build scripts. This is why you see frecuent requests to use autotools, because hand crafted stuff breaks literally everyday, just ask any distribution packager if you dont believe me.