> Which makes me think... why did I just sit through that long "configure" script run, and why did the developer bother messing with autotools, if this project isn't even going to bother targeting anything but Linux with the GNU toolchain to build it?
Even if target is just Linux with GNU toolchain, there are still plenty of issues that needs to be managed by configure script - tests for mandatory and optional libraries / header files, some functions are in different libraries on different systems (e.g. tinfo vs ncurses, or librt), different versions of kernel headers, different versions of GCC (older ones may not support some options).
Even if target is just Linux with GNU toolchain, there are still plenty of issues that needs to be managed by configure script - tests for mandatory and optional libraries / header files, some functions are in different libraries on different systems (e.g. tinfo vs ncurses, or librt), different versions of kernel headers, different versions of GCC (older ones may not support some options).