Chapter 2. UNDERSTANDING THE GNU CODING STANDARDS

I don't know what's the matter with people: they don't learn by understanding, they learn by some other way—by rote or something. Their knowledge is so fragile!

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In Chapter 1, I gave an overview of the GNU Autotools and some resources that can help reduce the learning curve required to master them. In this chapter, we're going to step back a little and examine project organization techniques that you can apply to any project, not just one that uses the Autotools.

When you're done reading this chapter, you should be familiar with the common make targets ...

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