Unit tests of internal functions

[Ezra Peisach]

Russ Allbery wrote:
> Ken Raeburn <raeburn at MIT.EDU> writes:
>
>   
>> I think it would be easier if we were using a script to build shared
>> libraries given a list of OBJS.SH files and the other data, instead of
>> sticking everything in shell commands directly in the makefiles, but Tom
>> has objected to the script approach in the past.  (Bad experiences with
>> libtool?)  Having to fit every new bit of functionality into one long
>> command line makes things pretty ugly, IMO.  There may be ways to break
>> things apart more sanely, though, like creating a makefile target to
>> build a temporary file to hold some of the command-line options we need
>> to pass to the linker on platform X, etc.
>>     
>
> FWIW, I'm moving all of my packages to Automake and Libtool, and while
> that approach is not without problems, I think it's the right direction to
> go.  It means that there's at least some hope that other people have
> already run into whatever weird build problem you have and have written
> recipes to deal with, or even taught Automake and Libtool about it
> directly.  Upstream on both projects is fairly responsive.
>
> Also, there's the general advantage that a lot more people out there know
> Automake and Libtool than know the build system of any single project,
> which means it's more likely that you can find people who can patch your
> build system.
>
>   
Does automake/libtool work under windows - or compatible in some manner? 
I've heard of some people using cmake to help with this or even 
scons....  All would be major undertakings....

Ezra