Cons
CONS
https://www.gnu.org/software/cons/
Replacement for GNU Make.
CONS is a replacement for GNU Make. It is not compatible with make, but it offers features not found in make or other build tools including:
- integrated dependency analysis (no more "make depend" to generate static lists of .h files)
- complete, non-recursive dependency analysis across multiple directories;
- multiple side-by-side variant builds;
- compilation from MD5 signatures instead of time stamps for determining whether a file is up-to-date
- extensibility via Perl.
CONS is implemented in Perl. You don't need to know Perl to use CONS, although you can use it more powerfully if you do.
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Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
| Rajesh Vaidheeswarran | Maintainer |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| VCS Repository Webview | https://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/cons/ | |
| Savannah (Ref) | https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/cons/ | |
| Debian (Ref) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/cons | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-system-discuss/ | |
| General | https://savannah.gnu.org/people/ | |
| Mailing List | https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/cons-discuss/ | |
| Download | https://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/cons/ |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Required to build | GNU Tar |
| Source requirement | Perl 5.002 or better |
| Required to build | gzip |
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