build & c tools

[unix at gofree.indigo.ie (Salman)]

On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 10:35, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
> Am Mit, 2003-02-12 um 11.00 schrieb Salman:
> > I'm using standard gnu build programs
> > (ie automake-1.72, autconf-2.57, aclocal-1.72)
> > not the rtems ones (eg automake-rtems-automake-1.7.2)
> > are they any different ??
> No, at present time, they are identical.
> 

I'd like to know, why rtems needs to use its own c & build tools, and
standard gnu tools (no matter how up-to-date they are) would not
suffice.

Is there any documentation that can answer my question? or is the
question too basic to be documented?