Automake-1.8.4
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## Automake-1.8.4

The Automake package contains programs for generating Makefiles for use with Autoconf.

    Approximate build time:  0.2 SBU
    Required disk space:     6.8 MB

Automake installation depends on: Autoconf, Bash, Coreutils, Diffutils, Grep, M4, Make, Perl, Sed.

### Installation of Automake

Prepare Automake for compilation:

    ./configure --prefix=/usr

Compile the package:

    make

To test the results, issue: `make check`. This takes a long time, about 5 SBUs.

Install the package:

    make install

### Contents of Automake

Installed programs: acinstall, aclocal, aclocal-1.8, automake, automake-1.8, compile, config.guess, config.sub, depcomp, elisp-comp, install-sh, mdate-sh, missing, mkinstalldirs, py-compile, symlink-tree, ylwrap

### Short descriptions

acinstall is a script that installs aclocal-style M4 files.

aclocal generates `aclocal.m4` files based on the contents of `configure.in` files.

automake is a tool for automatically generating `Makefile.in`'s from files called `Makefile.am`. To create all the `Makefile.in` files for a package, run this program in the top-level directory. By scanning the `configure.in`s it automatically finds each appropriate `Makefile.am` and generate the corresponding `Makefile.in`.

compile is a wrapper for compilers.

config.guess is a script that attempts to guess the canonical triplet for the given build, host, or target architecture.

config.sub is a configuration validation subroutine script.

depcomp is a script for compiling a program so that not only the desired output is generated, but also dependency information.

elisp-comp byte-compiles Emacs Lisp code.

install-sh is a script that installs a program, a script, or a datafile.

mdate-sh is a script that prints the modification time of a file or directory.

missing is a script acting as a common stub for missing GNU programs during an installation.

mkinstalldirs is a script that creates a directory tree.

py-compile compiles a Python program.

symlink-tree is a script to create a symlink tree of a directory tree.

ylwrap is a wrapper for lex and yacc.

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