&gt; <i>I&#x27;ve used autotools for decades because everything else is worse.</i><p>I take it you&#x27;ve used CMake - could you explain in which ways you think it&#x27;s <i>worse</i> than autotools? I agree it has concerning design flaws, but they don&#x27;t come anywhere close to autotools&#x27; and I&#x27;d say CMake is overall dozens of times saner.