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Autotools

by John Calcote
July 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
360 pages
11h 12m
English
No Starch Press
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Summary

We have now created a complete project build system by hand, with one important exception: We haven't designed a configure script according to the design criteria specified in the GNU Coding Standards. We could do this, but it would take a dozen more pages of text to build one that even comes close to conforming to these specifications. Still, there are a few key build features related specifically to the makefiles that the GCS indicate as being desirable. Among these is the concept of VPATH building. This is an important feature that can only be properly illustrated by actually writing a configuration script that works as specified by the GCS.

Rather than spend the time and effort to do this now, I'd like to simply move on to a discussion ...

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