#AutoTools
is this the fabled "autotools"? bsky.app/profile/cowt...
September 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
i had to remind her autotools exists
scons might actually be the worst build system I've ever had the displeasure of touching. how the fuck do godot developers stay sane using this
March 8, 2026 at 4:18 AM
i've seen some cursed things in my time as a nix user. but oh my god. i was shown a flake that generates outputs for each architecture, platform, nixpkgs version and if systemd is present. and it would generate this using autotools. AUTOTOOLS in the year of our lord 2025
October 19, 2025 at 6:51 PM
gnu autotools are actually cow tools send skeet
October 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Frustrated after I spent 4 days figuring out that my C compiler can't see my system libraries because my path makes it use the wrong linker

So I made a very niche "Playing X?" meme
August 20, 2026 at 12:38 PM
what is Nix currently? autotools or somethin?
September 22, 2026 at 4:37 PM
51. Je haïssais les autotools, mais en fait au fond je hais les systèmes de build. Et même, en fait, au fond, il ne faudrait pas programmer.
January 26, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Scripts are horrible, let’s create makefiles.
Makefiles are horrible let’s create autotools.
Autotools are horrible let’s create cmake.
To be continued…
January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
I'm declaring war on autotools
August 10, 2024 at 8:53 AM
autotools is the zoidberg of software factory
August 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
can i say something without everyone getting mad at me. i still dont really know what autotools is
March 14, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Ma haine des autotools et des systèmes de build s'est calmée, sans doute parce que j'ai plus rarement à les utiliser.
June 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Autotools as the voynich manuscript
December 21, 2024 at 5:26 PM
yeah it uses autotools. in this case the other full bootstrap efforts do use the "native" build system, but here I had Astra _not_ just invoke "make" or whatever, but instead actually write out rules in BUILD files manually, ie it did a whole build system port
September 22, 2026 at 8:28 PM
yeah, I'm one those who still think autotools is the lesser evil compared to cmake. No need to tell me how wrong I am.
November 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Some: goofing around with GNU autotools
Me:
December 28, 2024 at 2:32 PM
About time for people who use autotools to be bullied
potch.me potch @potch.me · Jun 3
tech people “use a controversial tool and find some value in it without having to stage a weird off-putting self-reassuring philosophical public defense campaign about it” challenge
June 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
from GNU autotools FAQ:
April 27, 2026 at 8:44 PM
blenderを使わないとこういうの出来なさそうだけどUnityだけでできるというのは強い。強いていえば揺れものにも対応とかしてくれたら神なんだけど流石にまだそういう機能はなさそう。
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May 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Having had to patch autotools scripts by hand in the past: never again
August 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM