SCons is an Open Source software construction tool—that is, a next-generation build tool. Think of SCons as an improved, cross-platform substitute for the classic Make utility with integrated functionality similar to autoconf/automake and compiler caches such as ccache. In short, SCons is an easier, more reliable and faster way to build software.
It has support for Windows and Linux. In particular, for the RHEL distribution, it has the rpm. However, it will need python > 1.5.2. But the user guide recommend Python 2.5 and above
