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1This is Automake, a Makefile generator. It was inspired by the 4.4BSD
2make and include files, but aims to be portable and to conform to the
3GNU standards for Makefile variables and targets.
4
5Automake is a Perl script. The input files are called Makefile.am.
6The output files are called Makefile.in; they are intended for use
7with Autoconf. Automake requires certain things to be done in your
8configure.in.
9
10Variable assignment lines in Makefile.am pull in defaults from various
11little *.am files.
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13To use Automake, replace your Makefile.in files with Makefile.am
14files. Read the documentation to see what to do.
15
16This package also includes the "aclocal" program. aclocal is a
17program to generate an `aclocal.m4' based on the contents of
18`configure.in'. It is useful as an extensible, maintainable mechanism
19for augmenting autoconf. It is intended that other package authors
20will write m4 macros which can be automatically used by aclocal.
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22The mailing list automake@gnu.org is for discussion of
23Automake, Autoconf, and other configuration/portability tools (e.g.,
24libtool). Write to automake-request@gnu.org if you want to
25join.
26
27Automake has a page on the web. See:
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29 http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/
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31Mail suggestions and bug reports to bug-automake@gnu.org.
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