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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2012-02-16 21:59:46 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2012-02-16 21:59:46 +0100 |
| commit | 9fc8baccf523a3877a84c065c6c3f2599e0d2147 (patch) | |
| tree | 40a42db5e0f974b5ff23bc1ed4b22b05f9dc6725 /README | |
| parent | 9cdeabc9227df59f75b036be81aa766ed77a8b8a (diff) | |
| parent | 85b70d1591f408459996d721eabfe94d8a7bfcb4 (diff) | |
| download | automake-9fc8baccf523a3877a84c065c6c3f2599e0d2147.tar.gz | |
Merge branch 'master' into ng/master
* master:
readme: update and renew
depcomp tests: fix up today's botched commit
build: clearer diagnostic if "make" is invoked before "./configure"
depcomp tests: put TAP plan in generated tests
update-copyright: don't touch COPYING and INSTALL
maintcheck: whitelist some false positives
+ Extra diffs:
* syntax-checks.mk: Throw away changes to the obsolete check
'sc_tests_overriding_macros_on_cmdline'.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
| -rw-r--r-- | README | 33 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 18 deletions
@@ -92,38 +92,35 @@ in "it hasn't taken place on any list, neither public nor non-public"): =========================================================================== -This is Automake, a Makefile generator. It was inspired by the 4.4BSD -make and include files, but it only targets GNU make, and it aims to +This is Automake, a Makefile generator. It targets GNU make, and aims to conform to the GNU Coding Standards for Makefile variables and targets. +See the INSTALL file for detailed information about how to configure +and install Automake. + 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 test suite. Use +Automake comes with extensive documentation; please refer to it for +more details about its purpose, features, and usage patterns. - make check +This package also includes the "aclocal" program, whose purpose is +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. The documentation +for aclocal is currently found in the Automake manual. -to run it. For more information, see the file tests/README. +Automake has a test suite. Use "make check" to run it. For more +information, see the file tests/README. Automake has a page on the web. See: http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/ -Automake also has three mailing lists: +Automake has also three mailing lists: * automake@gnu.org For general discussions of Automake and its interactions with other |