• README

  • This is Automake, a Makefile generator.  It was inspired by the 4.4BSD
    make and include files, but aims to be portable and to conform to the
    GNU Coding Standards for Makefile variables and targets.
    
    Automake is a Perl script.  The input files are called Makefile.am.
    The output files are called Makefile.in; they are intended for use
    with Autoconf.  Automake requires certain things to be done in your
    configure.ac.
    
    Variable assignment lines in Makefile.am pull in defaults from various
    little *.am files.
    
    To use Automake, replace your Makefile.in files with Makefile.am
    files.  Read the documentation to see what to do.
    
    This package also includes the "aclocal" program.  aclocal is a
    program to generate an `aclocal.m4' based on the contents of
    `configure.ac'.  It is useful as an extensible, maintainable mechanism
    for augmenting autoconf.  It is intended that other package authors
    will write m4 macros which can be automatically used by aclocal.
    
    Automake has a page on the web.  See:
    
    	http://sources.redhat.com/automake/
    
    The mailing list automake@gnu.org is for discussion of Automake and
    its interactions with other configuration/portability tools like
    Autoconf or Libtool.  Write to automake-request@gnu.org if you want to
    join.
    
    Mail suggestions and bug reports to bug-automake@gnu.org, patches
    to automake-patches@gnu.org.
    
    New releases are announced to autotools-announce@gnu.org.  Write to
    autotools-announce-request@gnu.org if you want to receive them.
    
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      Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    
    This file is part of GNU Automake.
    
    GNU Automake is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
    any later version.
    
    GNU Automake is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.
    
    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with autoconf; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
    the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
    Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.