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GNU Automake

This file documents the GNU Automake package. Automake is a program which creates GNU standards-compliant Makefiles from template files. This edition documents version 1.7.8.

Introduction: Automake's purpose
Generalities: General ideas
Examples: Some example packages
Invoking Automake: Creating a Makefile.in
configure: Scanning configure.ac or configure.in
Top level: The top-level Makefile.am
Alternative: An alternative approach to subdirectories
Rebuilding: Automatic rebuilding of Makefile
Programs: Building programs and libraries
Other objects: Other derived objects
Other GNU Tools: Other GNU Tools
Documentation: Building documentation
Install: What gets installed
Clean: What gets cleaned
Dist: What goes in a distribution
Tests: Support for test suites
Options: Changing Automake's behavior
Miscellaneous: Miscellaneous rules
Include: Including extra files in an Automake template.
Conditionals: Conditionals
Gnits: The effect of --gnu and --gnits
Cygnus: The effect of --cygnus
Extending: Extending Automake
Distributing: Distributing the Makefile.in
API versioning: About compatibility between Automake versions
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
Macro and Variable Index:
General Index: