Autoconf vs CMake
A side-by-side look at Autoconf and CMake. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.
Autoconf
Development
Autoconf is an extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. It can adapt the software to many kinds of Unix-like systems without manual user intervention.
configurationportabilityautomation
CMake
Development
CMake is an open-source, cross-platform tool designed to build, test, and package software. It works by generating native makefiles and workspaces to automate the build process using a compiler-independent method.
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