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#1 2004-11-25 17:59:09
- punkrockguy318
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Autotools
Does anyone know of a nice simple automake/autotools documentation? I prefer SCons because it's so easy to use.. But since automake and autotools is used for 90% of OSS projects, I'd like to know how to use it. Does anyone know of a good simple documenation?
Please don't say man automake... i've tried... tmi!
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#2 2004-11-25 18:14:53
- sarah31
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Re: Autotools
have you tried googl.com/linux and entered keywords such as automake tutorial? that is where i would start. ..... or see if the project has a homepage there might be a tutorial there.
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#3 2004-11-26 12:43:51
- kpiche
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Re: Autotools
I think www.gnome.org had a decent auto* tutorial, not sure...
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#4 2004-11-26 12:57:41
- orelien
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Re: Autotools
You can have a look at "The Goat Book" : http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/
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#5 2004-11-30 16:20:23
- phrakture
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Re: Autotools
You can have a look at "The Goat Book" : http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/
Yup, there's a book out about autotools, you can buy it or get it free at that link. Autotools is flat out nasty. I hate it and most developers would agree.. it's overly clunky and a waste of time. That said, it gets the job done, and allows for cross-platform compiliation. punkrock, I think you were the one who pointed me to SCons in the first place, and I thank you for that.
As for learning this stuff... I would get familiar with makefile syntax first, as it's easier to understand. Then you need to learn/understand a bit of m4 (macro language) which is used by the automake/autoconf tools.... there's a scanning tool which works nicely in the beginning.... can't recall the name though.
My advice to you is this:
understand how it works, generate the configure script and distribute that script with the Makefile.in (?) only - I hate getting packages that have all the autotools slough in it...
PS - where the crap is my avatar?
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