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Automake is used to facilitate the writing of power Makefile. Libtool eases the creation of libraries, especially dynamic ones. Autoconf is required by Automake: we do not address portability issues for this project. See Autotools Tutorial, for documentation.
Using info is pleasant, for instance ‘info autoconf’ on
any properly set up system.
| • Package Name and Version: | Setting the tarball name | |
| • Bootstrapping the Package: | Autoconf and Automake for the dummies | |
| • Making a Tarball: | All the distcheck Wisdom Revealed
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| • Setting site defaults using CONFIG_SITE: | Automate argument passing to configure |