• README

  • This is Automake, an experimental Makefile generator.  It was inspired
    by the 4.4BSD make and include files, but aims to be portable and to
    conform to the GNU 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.in.
    
    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.  The only currently
    valid example is in samples/cpio; the stuff in samples/old is
    obsolete.