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Initialization and Output Files

Autoconf-generated configure scripts need some information about how to initialize, such as how to find the package's source files; and about the output files to produce. The following sections describe initialization and the creation of output files.

• Initializing configure: Option processing etc.
• Notices: Copyright, version numbers in configure
• Input: Where Autoconf should find files
• Output: Outputting results from the configuration
• Configuration Actions: Preparing the output based on results
• Configuration Files: Creating output files
• Makefile Substitutions: Using output variables in Makefiles
• Configuration Headers: Creating a configuration header file
• Configuration Commands: Running arbitrary instantiation commands
• Configuration Links: Links depending from the configuration
• Subdirectories: Configuring independent packages together
• Default Prefix: Changing the default installation prefix