In discussing AutoConf and AutoMake, there are phrases that come to mind. For instance, "Evil! Evil! Evil!".
Anybody know if the O'Reilly book on them is any good, particularly for relatively casual users of them?
By "relatively casual", I mean "I want to do as little as possible with autoconf and automake while still getting my app to build on a variety of platforms."
I'm aware of the section on them in GTK+/GNOME Application Development. It's my current primary reference material on the subject. It's not great, but it beats the actual manuals for them...