On Tue, May 8, 2012 at 11:08 PM, Anand Avati <anand.avati@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You might want to read autobook for the general theory behind autotools. > Here's a quick summary - > > aclocal prepares the running of autotools. > autoheader prepares autotools to generate a config.h to be consumed by C > code > configure.ac is the "source" to discover the build system and accept user > parameters > autoconf converts configure.ac to configure > Makefile.am is the "source" to define what is to be built and how. > automake converts Makefile.am to Makefile.in > > till here everything is scripted in ./autogen.sh > > running configure creates Makefile out of Makefile.in > > now run make :) > Best way to learn autotools is copy-paste-customize. In general, if you are starting a new project, Debian has a nice little tool called "autoproject". It will auto generate autoconf and automake files. Then you start customizing it. GNU project should really merge all these tools in to one simple coherent system. -- Anand Babu Periasamy Blog [http://www.unlocksmith.org] Imagination is more important than knowledge --Albert Einstein
