automake

This file documents the GNU Automake package. Automake is a program which creates GNU standards-compliant Makefiles from template files. This edition documents version 1.6.1.

1. Introduction		Automake's purpose
2. General ideas
3. Some example packages
4. Creating a `Makefile.in'		Creating a Makefile.in
5. Scanning `configure.in'		Scanning configure.ac or configure.in
6. The top-level `Makefile.am'		The top-level Makefile.am
7. An Alternative Approach to Subdirectories		An alternative approach to subdirectories
8. Rebuilding Makefiles		Automatic rebuilding of Makefile
9. Building Programs and Libraries		Building programs and libraries
10. Other Derived Objects		Other derived objects
11. Other GNU Tools
12. Building documentation
13. What Gets Installed		What gets installed
14. What Gets Cleaned		What gets cleaned
15. What Goes in a Distribution		What goes in a distribution
16. Support for test suites
17. Changing Automake's Behavior		Changing Automake's behavior
18. Miscellaneous Rules		Miscellaneous rules
19. Include		Including extra files in an Automake template.
20. Conditionals
21. The effect of --gnu and --gnits
22. The effect of --cygnus
23. When Automake Isn't Enough		Extending Automake
24. Distributing `Makefile.in's		Distributing the Makefile.in
25. Automake API versioning		About compatibility between Automake versions
Macro and Variable Index
General Index