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Autoconf
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Autoconf is an extensible package of m4 macros that produce shell
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scripts to automatically configure software source code packages.
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These scripts can adapt the packages to many kinds of UNIX-like
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systems without manual user intervention. Autoconf creates a
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configuration script for a package from a template file that lists the
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operating system features that the package can use, in the form of m4
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macro calls.
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Producing configuration scripts using Autoconf requires GNU m4. You
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must install GNU m4 (version 1.4 or later) before configuring
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Autoconf, so that Autoconf's configure script can find it. The
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configuration scripts produced by Autoconf are self-contained, so
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their users do not need to have Autoconf (or GNU m4).
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Also, some optional utilities that come with Autoconf use Perl.
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However, it is not required in order to use the main Autoconf program.
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If it is not present, the affected Autoconf utilities will not be
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installed.
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You can use the program `autoheader' to automatically create a
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configuration header from a `configure.in'.
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The file INSTALL should be distributed with packages that use
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Autoconf-generated configure scripts and Makefiles that conform to the
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GNU coding standards. The package's README can just give an overview
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of the package, where to report bugs, and a pointer to INSTALL for
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instructions on compilation and installation. This removes the need
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to maintain many similar sets of installation instructions.
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Mail suggestions and bug reports for Autoconf to autoconf@gnu.org.
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Please include the Autoconf version number, which you can get by
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running `autoconf --version'.
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PS/ Oops, by the way, please read the file `INSTALL' to install
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Autoconf ;)
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