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This is a Perl-based make replacement, but does not provide make
compatibility. It has a number of powerful capabilities not found in other
software construction systems, including make.
You will need Perl 5.002 or better and the Perl MD5 Extension
(MD5-1.6.tar.gz or greater), available from CPAN.
This program is known to work on a variety of platforms: it's in production
use on versions of FreeBSD, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, HPUX, AIX, IRIX and NT.
Documentation is supplied in POD format (thanks to Ulrich Pfiefer).
A cons discussion group,
[email protected], has been created. If
you wish to subscribe, send mail to
[email protected] with
the word "subscribe" in the BODY of the message. Please send all comments,
requests, complaints, etc. to the mailing list.
Cons is maintained by members of the cons-discuss mailing list.
The official cons web site is
http://www.dsmit.com/cons
An article about Cons appeared in The Perl Journal, issue #9, Spring 1998.