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<title>Contents</title>
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<para>
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The Automake package contains the aclocal and automake programs
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<sect2><title>Description</title>
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<sect3><title>aclocal</title>
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<para>
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Automake includes a number of Autoconf macros which can be used in
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packages; some of them are actually required by Automake in certain
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situations. These macros must be defined in the aclocal.m4-file;
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otherwise they will not be seen by autoconf.
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</para>
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<para>
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The aclocal program will automatically generate aclocal.m4 files
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based on the contents of configure.in. This provides a convenient
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way to get Automake-provided macros, without having to search around.
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Also, the aclocal mechanism is extensible for use by other packages.
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</para>
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</sect3>
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<sect3><title>automake</title>
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<para>
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To create all the Makefile.in's for a package, run the automake
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program in the top level directory, with no arguments. automake will
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automatically find each appropriate Makefile.am (by scanning
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configure.in) and generate the corresponding Makefile.in.
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</para>
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