Is mklove already a drop in replacement for autoconf?

[ShalokShalom]

Is mklove already a drop in replacement for autoconf?

[edenhill]

For most cases I'd say yes, it is being used successfully for librdkafka, kafkacat and other projects.
It is surface-compatible enough with autoconf to be fool both Debian and RPM package creation programs ' autotool modes.

Users report it working on Linux (multitude of distros), OSX, FreeBSD, Solaris, ..).

There are most likely cases where autotools is more complete or provides better porting, but for most normal uses mklove is sufficient and by far simpler to work with, understand and faster than autotools.

If you decide to give it a try, dont hesitate to reach out for guidance or issues.

[ShalokShalom]

I mean, can i package a distro with it?

[edenhill]

Not sure I understand what you mean by distro, can you elaborate?
Thanks

[ShalokShalom]

Distribution. An operating system

[edenhill]

mklove is a portable build tool, much like autoconf, it is not used for packaging.

[ShalokShalom]

You can package without a build tool?