1 This is Automake, a Makefile generator. It was inspired by the 4.4BSD
2 make and include files, but aims to be portable and to conform to the
3 GNU Coding Standards for Makefile variables and targets.
5 Automake is a Perl script. The input files are called Makefile.am.
6 The output files are called Makefile.in; they are intended for use
7 with Autoconf. Automake requires certain things to be done in your
10 Variable assignment lines in Makefile.am pull in defaults from various
13 To use Automake, replace your Makefile.in files with Makefile.am
14 files. Read the documentation to see what to do.
16 This package also includes the "aclocal" program. aclocal is a
17 program to generate an `aclocal.m4' based on the contents of
18 `configure.ac'. It is useful as an extensible, maintainable mechanism
19 for augmenting autoconf. It is intended that other package authors
20 will write m4 macros which can be automatically used by aclocal.
22 Automake has a test suite. Use
26 to run it. For more information, see the file tests/README.
28 Automake has a page on the web. See:
30 http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
32 Automake also has three mailing lists:
35 For general discussions of Automake and its interactions with other
36 configuration/portability tools like Autoconf or Libtool.
38 * bug-automake@gnu.org
39 Where to send bug reports and feature requests.
41 * automake-patches@gnu.org
42 Where to send patches, and discuss the automake development process
43 and the design of new features.
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