# build static libraries (the default)
cmake && make
# build dynamic libraries
cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=on && make
At least we have releases!
Note recent handwringing: Future plans for Autotools
and a lot of comments in, er, ycombinator news: Future Plans for Autotools | Hacker News
It’s a sad, musty corner of open source, isn’t it.
Mirrors some of my thoughts, though I didn’t realize how dire the Autotools situation was.
I mostly treat Hacker News as on par with YouTube comments. Maybe there is something to be gleaned, but the signal-to-noise ratio is low.