autoconf: Pointers

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1 2.4 Pointers
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1 Developers who are used to the simplicity of `make' for small projects
1 on a single system might be daunted at the prospect of learning to use
1 Automake and Autoconf.  As your software is distributed to more and
1 more users, however, you otherwise quickly find yourself putting lots
1 of effort into reinventing the services that the GNU build tools
1 provide, and making the same mistakes that they once made and overcame.
1 (Besides, since you're already learning Autoconf, Automake is a piece
1 of cake.)
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1    There are a number of places that you can go to for more information
1 on the GNU build tools.
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1    - Web
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1      The project home pages for Autoconf
1      (http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/), Automake
1      (http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/), Gnulib
1      (http://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/), and Libtool
1      (http://www.gnu.org/software/libtool/).
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1    - Automake Manual
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1      ⇒Automake (automake)Top, for more information on Automake.
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1    - Books
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1      The book `GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool'(1) describes the
1      complete GNU build environment.  You can also find the entire book
1      on-line (http://sources.redhat.com/autobook/).
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1    ---------- Footnotes ----------
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1    (1) `GNU Autoconf, Automake and Libtool', by G. V. Vaughan, B.
1 Elliston, T. Tromey, and I. L. Taylor.  SAMS (originally New Riders),
1 2000, ISBN 1578701902.
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