[STDCXX-260] configure-like script to configure library

• Type: New Feature
• Status: Open
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.0, 4.2.1
• Fix Version/s: 4.3.0
• Component/s: Configuration

Environment

UNIX

• Severity: Usability
• Assignee: Martin Sebor
• Reporter: Martin Sebor
• Created: 14/Jul/06 19:14
• Updated: 02/May/13 02:29

Description

To make the configuration and build process more user-friendly we should provide a configure-like script (as a wrapper around the existing GNUmakefiles) to let users familiar with autoconf-based projects more quickly configure, build, and install the library (including its headers). The script should recognize and interpret the most common options such as --prefix=, --enable-shared, --enable-threads, etc. by translating them to the existing infrastructure's equivalents (e.g., BUILDMODE or BUILDTYPE).

Issue Links

• is depended upon by: STDCXX-516 Rename generate.bat as configure.bat.
• is part of: STDCXX-396 GNU Release Support
• relates to: STDCXX-696 Remove etc/config/configure.sh script from repository.