xz backdoor and autotools insanity
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I argue autotools’ convoluted nature is what enabled the xz backdoor in the first place. The truth is nobody needs to use autotools, and I show why.
  • eveninghere@beehaw.org
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    8 months ago

    This blog is great. I wish they did comparison with CMake or meson.

    Tbf CMake does many checks like autotools does, but the advantage of Cmake is that the check will not be embedded in the project source like autotools does. It’s in the CMake program. That’s why the project source ends up leaner.