> > 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. My build environment is Fedora but I'm assuming its there too .. if I get some time I'll have a poke around .. Thanks for the info, appreciate it. -- Ian Latter Late night coder .. http://midnightcode.org/
