Gconfigure 0.4 review

Gconfigure is a shell-script that allows for a more easy building of programs for sources. If you want to build a tarball, you'll

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Gconfigure is a shell-script that allows for a more easy building of programs for sources.

If you want to build a tarball, you'll usually execute:

tar -xzvf mypackge.tar.gz
cd mypackage
less INSTALL
less README
./configure --help
./configure --prefix=/usr
-sysconfdir=/etc/gnome --some-other-option
make
su -c "make install"

With gconfigure, you'll merely right-click on the tarball and choose build. Some dialogs will allow you to set the necessary options and the program will be installed for you.

Including adding it to you package management system. Installing a package from source will be almoust the same as installing it from rpm/deb/tgz.

Requirements:
zenity
libgnomesu
Checkinstall
bash, gzip bzip2, sed, grep etc.

What's New in This Release:
Lot's of bugfixes

Now accepts tgz as well as tar.gz
Bug with removing directory from /tmp
Bugs with loading and saving preferences solved
No more error about a missing readme.gconfigure
will accept 'gconfigure file' as well as 'gconfigure /home/user/file'
Some bugs with the ignore list
No more double README entries
Proper handling of non-existent configure script.
Proper handling of non-existent autogen script.

Lot's of new Features

You can ignore OPTION now, instead of OPTION=VALUE
No hard dependencie on libgnomesu anymore (Will still use it if available)
Will now add installed package to rpm/deb/tgz database
Possible to have a conf file in ~/.gconfigure.conf and /etc/gconfigure.conf (~/ overrules /etc/)